jschoe a day ago

It's quite easy for English speakers.

Sh-less-wig Hole-stein or Shlayz-wig Hole-stein.

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  • Aldipower a day ago

    And this my friend is both not correct. :-) I am from Schleswig-Holstein btw..

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    • GLdRH a day ago

      I don't know why you're getting downvoted

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      • Aldipower a day ago

        Because they tried to pronounce Schleswig-Holstein in a correct way and now their tongue hurts really bad. :-D

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shevy-java a day ago

Hmmm. I am not sure.

"Hol" is short. Stein is like a beer keg or stein beer.

Schleswig is a bit awkward of a word. But Holstein should be easier, also there is the Holstein cow, black-white fur.

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qwertfisch a day ago

If you can read the phonetic alphabet, the pronunciation is given on both the German and English Wikipedia page for Schleswig-Holstein. But the English page gives an English variant, not the original (and correct) German pronunciation.

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baxtr a day ago

What about Connecticut though?

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  • tclancy a day ago

    I just go with The Nutmeg State. Much clearer for everyone.

    (As a RI/ NH New England lifer, I, as is typical of us, think of Connecticut as New York's attic: a place you hide that which you don't need anymore but it would be gauche to throw out.)

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  • flohofwoe a day ago

    Arkansas takes the crown I think.

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    • ralfd a day ago

      For people never hearing an American say that: It is pronounced "Ar-kan-saw". It is written so strangely because it was named by the French and their stupid silent s.

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      • f1shy a day ago

        Is it Ar-kan-saw, or Ar-kan-Sah?

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timeon 21 hours ago

> Massachusetts

If English had proper 'c' (not just fake 'k' or 's') you could simplify it at least to: 'Massačusec'.

Similarly 'Schleswig' can be compressed to 'Šleswig'.

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