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Stupid question is that how they would spell America in Germany "Amerika"?
1 0 ReplyYep, that's how we spell it.
13 0 ReplyJa
7 0 ReplyJust wait until you see how Americans spell Deutschland...
4 0 ReplyJust wait till you hear how we pronounce "Chicago".
3 0 ReplyEh, as a Bostonian I'm always much more impressed by how people's tongues try to leave orbit when they first encounter Worcester.
3 0 ReplyIt's obviously pronounced Kicago, just like Chamäleon, Chemie and China :)
2 0 ReplyKemie and Kina
I threw up a little...
4 0 ReplyBut Chemie comes from Chemnitz (obviously) so it must be pronounced with K
Don't know where China comes from, maybe from Chinese which is obviously pronounced with K.
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The hard "c" sound as you see in America is always a 'k' auf deutsch.
2 0 ReplyThat makes sense
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Something a person that definitely doesn't speak german would say. We spell it exactly like this.
7 6 Reply...Yes, that’s why they’re asking.
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