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[Surname] Re: Dotterweich
by Andy ;—) (guest)
8/20/2008, 9:27 PM
in reply to a message by Susanjane190
An interesting surname, indeed. Translates "soft as yolk." The pronunciation is DOtehvaikh, the kh representing a fricative shaped between rear part of tongue and gum. Hard to describe, foreigners usually fail on this.
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- Susanjane190   +1
8/23/2008, 6:44 AM
Andy, thanks for your response. Could you please break it down more phonetically?Thanks!
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- Andy ;—) (guest)
8/26/2008, 10:37 AM
What aboutDO-teh-vaikhDO (with the stress) - like in DOnovanteh - like TEnnisvai - like in VAIs / vice presidentkh - impossible to transcribe as this sound does not exist in English
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