Re: CHAT: Tacos et al.

From Tristan responding to someone (lost track of the quotes):

>  > Actually isn't <oe> often also Anglicized as "long A" /ei/ ?
>
>Could you provide an example? At the moment, I can think of `moebius' and
>`Schroedinger'(sp), both of which have /8u/ (~=/ou/)
Cue Wayne Newton <shudder>:

Danke schön, oo oo oo, danke schön /dank@ Sejn/.....

Cue the Andrew Sisters:

Bei mir bist du schön /Sejn/
Please let me explain (it rhymes, even)

But were I speaking English, I would say: Gerhard Schröder /Srodr/
(or some such).

Kou