Guest Mirage2k Posted May 16, 2000 Share Posted May 16, 2000 I'm just wondering what I'm supposed to say out loud if I'm talking about a StuG. "S-T-U-G?" "Stug?" "Stew-G?" -Andrew Survivor: AP US History Exam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark IV Posted May 16, 2000 Share Posted May 16, 2000 Depends on if you're talking to an American or a German, to an extent. A good German would pronounce the "St" as "shT", thus, "SHTug". The vowel sound should rhyme with that in "book" or "good". And at least in parts of Germany, a final "g" is softened into a "k" sound. So, "shtook". Unless one of our German contributors straightens me out. [This message has been edited by Mark IV (edited 05-16-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Germanboy Posted May 16, 2000 Share Posted May 16, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mark IV: So, "shtook". Unless one of our German contributors straightens me out. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I am from the area credited with the best high-German (around Hanover), and was a shining example (and not popular) for correct pronounciation in my high-school in Bavaria... I would say that sounds about right - remember to keep the 'OO' short though. And the ending would sound like a half-way sound between a soft 'G' and a sharp 'K' in my pronounciation. Which reminds me - Steve or Charles, do we get to hear funny Sandhurst accents with the English when they call their men for a cuppa, err, to the attack? And the Highland Division in broad Scots accent? And do all the Irish Guards sound like Gerry Adams or Ian Paisley? And with CM3, maybe an Indian NCO saying 'Goodness Gracious Me' when the Germans attack with mortars? You have done a very good job on the Germans, so I have high hopes! All in good fun, you should hear me murder the English language... ------------------ Andreas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tom w Posted May 16, 2000 Share Posted May 16, 2000 we've always called them StuGs like you would say Mugs like a coffee mug I suspect this is not correct but we just say Stug -tom w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Beman Posted May 16, 2000 Share Posted May 16, 2000 You say potato, I say poTAHto, Potato, PoTAHto, Stuhg, STOOg, NahverteidungsBLAHHba NahverteidungsBLEEba, Let's call the whole thing off? DjB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark IV Posted May 17, 2000 Share Posted May 17, 2000 My German was from school, then unlearned and relearned on the streets of Frankfurt-am-Main and central Hesse (Lauterbach- how I miss it there!). So it is hardly exemplary, and now quite forgotten. Funny thing: I went up to Hanover with another American to a British kaserne for temporary duty. We went into the British enlisted club to play some pool with some British and German soldiers. The Brits were from northern England somewhere, speaking from their throats in bizarre slang. Finally I asked the Germans, in German, to explain what the Brits were saying, and they did (most of the Germans up there had learned English with the British accent)! I had to have Germans translate English into "American" for me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Germanboy Posted May 17, 2000 Share Posted May 17, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mark IV: Finally I asked the Germans, in German, to explain what the Brits were saying, and they did (most of the Germans up there had learned English with the British accent)! I had to have Germans translate English into "American" for me....<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Why am I not surprised... If they were 'Geordies', from Newcastle, there is no way you can understand them when they speak their native dialect. That is quite something. Where was the barracks, in or around Hanover? I am from Nienburg originally, and there is (was?) a large Army of the Rhine barracks. ------------------ Andreas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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