the proper way to say stihl

[wyk]

Wo kommst du fromme? Sprechst du Deutsch?

I don't think 'fromme' means what you think it means.

 

[exSW]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Klemperer

Yer damn right. He spoke with a perfect German accent:

[video=youtube;oAeFHnXAeuE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAeFHnXAeuE[/video]

Because he was,pretty interesting guy that portrayed Klink.Werner Klemperer(sp).

 

[wyk]

Lest we forget, Andreas was Swiss, so he could claim a regional pronunciation. If he wanted, and it'd be his business. Not yours or mine.

Just send the check to the right address.

I have heard a few Swiss German speakers(though my major was Industrial Design, my minor was Linguistics with a concentration in German - also, my father was German). Most have a similar manner of handling the German Eszett and "s".

It isn't a hard "sch" sound like most Americans manage. To laymans, it would sound like more of a very soft "s". Like trying to make an "s" sound further back on the tongue/palette.

 

[Natty Bumppo]

I bet Jonsered is mispronounced more the Stihl.

That might be true if there were anyone actually pronouncing Jonsered. Stihl is everywhere. A large part of North America is nearly Jonsered free. Most folks have never heard of them. Well, maybe it has more name recognition than Dolmar.

So how is it pronounced? I say it with a J as in "Jones" and an S as in "glass". Is is Yonzered?

Don't take this as an insult to Jonsered or Dolmar. We use a few Jonnys at work and I wouldn't mind getting a Dolmar one of these days.

 

[jtracy1223]

I have tried and tried. I can't get those sounds to go together somewhere between the "sch" and the "t" I loose it. Gonna have to just say it like the metal...... damn my american tongue.

 

[Stihlalltheway]

I don't think 'fromme' means what you think it means.

I only took one year of German in high school. I was almost a little close kind of though.

 

[redoakneck]

schlitz and blatz are the two names I can correctly pronounce from my proximal GI tract (aka mouth) and distal GI tract (aka hiney) at the same time


not sure if they are German so I may have it wrong:msp_scared::msp_biggrin:

 

[Woodkraut]

Wo kommst du fromme? Sprechst du Deutsch?

Wo kommst du her? Sprichst du Deutsch?

 

[promac850]

RandyMac, that crap sure is stihlborn.

 

[ozflea]

What a croak full of xxxx that is ......................

And how do you pronounce it in Chinese ?

You yanks can't even speak or spell English correctly

 

[SCHallenger]

English

What a croak full of xxxx that is ......................

And how do you pronounce it in Chinese ?

You yanks can't even speak or spell English correctly

Too bad we aren't closer geographically. I'd like to take you on in a spelling, punctuation, or pronunciation contest. I suspect you might depart wearing fewer clothes than when you arrived! Yes, I'm referring to the English language.

 

[exSW]

You yanks can't even speak or spell English correctly[/QUOTE]
Now THATS a complement,coming from the Grand Masters of mangling the Queens English.

 

[1Alpha1]

I don't plan on being in Germany any time soon. So.....I ain't gonna worry about it until I'm on the plane and enroute. :msp_wink:

 

[Joe Kidd]

I hear you, but stihl is a german last name. And the traditional way to pronounce it is "schteal" Remember, the proper way to pronounce something is how the people where it originated do.
I am showing the proper german way of saying it. It may not be the american way, but it is the original way.

Must be a Canadian thing....I'll try to remember.

 

[chadihman]

crap

That hurts man! Take this crap Mac :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[ozflea]

You yanks can't even speak or spell English correctly

Now THATS a complement,coming from the Grand Masters of mangling the Queens English.[/QUOTE]

Well we didn't invent spell check you's did so that says a lot for you fellas ...................

 

[ozflea]

Too bad we aren't closer geographically. I'd like to take you on in a spelling, punctuation, or pronunciation contest. I suspect you might depart wearing fewer clothes than when you arrived! Yes, I'm referring to the English language.

Now now a fella has spare budgie smugglers I could be wearing more than one pair ............................

 

[Stihl 041S]

Heckler&Koch,sabot,sako

Or in the Asian rim. Chevrolet.

All get butchered.

Do you know what somebody means......yes.

 

[Stihl 041S]

Is the queens English, English for queens.......LOL

 

[ozflea]

Is the queens English, English for queens.......LOL

That's why we don't speak it ...............................