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[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Stupid question is that how they would spell America in Germany "Amerika"?

[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 13 points 1 month ago

Yep, that's how we spell it.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Just wait until you see how Americans spell Deutschland...

[–] superkret@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Just wait till you hear how we pronounce "Chicago".

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Eh, as a Bostonian I'm always much more impressed by how people's tongues try to leave orbit when they first encounter Worcester.

[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's obviously pronounced Kicago, just like Chamäleon, Chemie and China :)

[–] mbirth@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Kemie and Kina

I threw up a little...

But Chemie comes from Chemnitz (obviously) so it must be pronounced with K

Don't know where China comes from, maybe from Chinese which is obviously pronounced with K.

[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The hard "c" sound as you see in America is always a 'k' auf deutsch.

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

That makes sense

[–] Captain_Baka@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Something a person that definitely doesn't speak german would say. We spell it exactly like this.

...Yes, that’s why they’re asking.