Europe Elects’ European Parliament projection, commissioned by Euractiv, offers an indication of how voters in the European Union would vote should there be an EU Parliament election today…
  • janNatan@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I swear… We English speakers seem to view German compound words as some sort of untranslatable magic. I bet they pronounce it horribly as well.

    • federalreverse-old@feddit.deEnglish
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      8 months ago

      It’s relatively straightforward to pronounce, “spit-sin-candy-dat” is reasonably close to the German pronunciation.

      • janNatan@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        8 months ago

        I meant, I bet many English speakers mispronounce the word. Sorry about the confusion.

          • janNatan@lemmy.mlEnglish
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            8 months ago

            I truly believe you overestimate the pronunciation abilities of non-German English speakers attempting to pronounce German. They will say “spits candidate” and call it a day.