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dingle berry from on a small plastic chair breathing fire on 2002-01-04 19:41 [#00066215] | |||||||||
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not being rude or rascist but why cant the germans pronounce the letter w? also do you think that peoples languages and speech patterns determin the shape of there mouths and faces? |
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nene on 2002-01-04 20:21 [#00066220] | |||||||||
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I guess that sound doesn't exist in german? as a baby learns a language, they lose the ability to pronounce and differentiate between sounds that don't exist in their language. this is why the japanese have a hard time differentiating between l sounds and r sounds, for instance, and why after a certain age, it becomes impossible to speak a foreign language without an accent. |
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Monoid on 2002-01-04 20:44 [#00066224] | |||||||||
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Oh I can pronounce the letter W...and Im german....... |
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call me tim on 2002-01-05 21:23 [#00066513] | |||||||||
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A w is called a 'double u', but really is a double vee. Hitler thought that was stupid so he banned all use of the w in 1935, and had those who continued to use the w put in death camps. Sadly, after the world, Germans np longer remembered how to pronounce the w or were still afraid, so the w has not been spoken to this day. Sad, but true. |
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Ceri JC from My house in Pontypridd, Wales, UK on 2002-01-05 21:58 [#00066518] | |||||||||
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A Swedish girl who stayed with my friend used to call his sister jess "Yessicah" as it was the nearest sounding way of pronouncing it using the sounds in her language. |
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hrm on 2002-01-05 22:02 [#00066519] | |||||||||
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no no, the question is why can't indians pronounce the letter v.. i swear to god vagina sounds like "WAGINA" ahah |
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Sido Dyas from An Imperial Cruiser on 2002-01-05 22:17 [#00066522] | |||||||||
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Jessica is a common name in sweden. Phobiazero to! |
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44v from Sweden on 2002-01-06 02:45 [#00066569] | |||||||||
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Hm.. I've noticed that danes get a certain kind of 'wrinkles' around their mouthes from talking the way they do. So definitely, unless you somehow want to chalk it up to genetics. |
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Caserol Joe the Chubby from mpls on 2002-01-06 04:33 [#00066579] | |||||||||
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not only the set in stone shape of the face, but probably facial expresions in general. very interesting, never considered it before. |
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od from perth on 2002-01-06 08:19 [#00066624] | |||||||||
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i never noticed that indian thing until my boss (who is indian, der) said vegetables. he said Wegetables. it was great. hes a good bloke though. |
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ammi from imm hmm on 2002-01-06 11:34 [#00066638] | |||||||||
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probably for the same reason most english speakers can't say übel or even simple things like sprechen. same with the r's in russian. its all about the vocal cords being softer when you are young. after you get to a certain age they get harder to shape. zen comes zat accent |
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Laserbeak on 2002-01-06 14:19 [#00066649] | |||||||||
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Germans can pronounce the "w", it's the "th" that is a little hard without spitting.... |
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