Re: CHAT: Tacos et al.

Yes..I've always said /dank@ Sejn/ simply because my mother used to know German, and we
frequently use some tiny phrases around the house (along with English mangled
in unexpected ways: /{ksl=dEnt/ = "accident" /vEsi/ = "very")

Also...you've never seen Ferris Bueller's Day Off! (They sing the song "/dank@ Sejn/"  in it.

Elliott


Muke Tever <alrivera@...> writes:

> From: "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...>
> >Quoting Muke Tever <alrivera@...>:
> >
> >> "schön" as in "danke schön" is always /ei/.
> >
> >Well, it is in certain mid-20th century popsongs, yes.
> >Outside of that, it would sound weird to me, since as
> >a phrase it's not the kind of thing that you usually
> >nativize.
>
> I've never heard it in any songs... only in speech.
> I just now asked my sister (who is not a German speaker) what German for "thank
> you" was, and she said /dank@/.. /dank@ Sein/.
>
>     *Muke!