Spaß...spasso (was Re: German orthography: long/short vowels)
| From: | J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, October 13, 2001, 3:49 |
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In a message dated 12.10.2001 04:16:04 AM, theiling@ABSINT.COM writes:
>Another one is `Spaß' = `fun'. It is supposed to be [Spa:s], but I
>have [Spas]. The current spelling reform does not allow this
>pronunciation anymore, so this reform made the system a bit
>inconsistent for my dialect.
hmm, _spasso_ is Italian for "fun." ::looks around for Luca:: BTW where
is Luca?
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