Slartibartfast Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 OK then, probably been asked before, but is it "Breetling" or "Brightling", or indeed, something completely different? Sound it out guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giorgio Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 tuh-may-tow or tow-mat-oh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 OK then, probably been asked before, but is it "Breetling" or "Brightling", or indeed, something completely different? Sound it out guys! Bright-Ling. In German words, the second vowel in EI/IE determines the sound. Ends in E, sounds like E. Ends in I, sounds like I. Scheisse and Edelweiss being well-known words with the EI sound/spelling. If it were spelt Brietling, it's be pronounced Breet-Ling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victoria Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 OK then, probably been asked before, but is it "Breetling" or "Brightling", or indeed, something completely different? Sound it out guys! Frahn-ken-steen. (It's as Puggy pedantically put it, though I would've done a much more pedantic job of it, possibly injecting a personal anecdote too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 Frahn-ken-steen. But they told me it was "ee-gor." Well, they were wrong then, weren't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victoria Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 But they told me it was "ee-gor." Well, they were wrong then, weren't they? "Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Igor, would you give me a hand with the bags? Igor: [doing a Groucho Marx] Certainly, you take the blonde and I'll take the one in the turban." Oh that Marty Feldman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted October 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 Bright-Ling. In German words, the second vowel in EI/IE determines the sound. Ends in E, sounds like E. Ends in I, sounds like I. Scheisse and Edelweiss being well-known words with the EI sound/spelling. If it were spelt Brietling, it's be pronounced Breet-Ling. If I had to put a pound on who would sort this one out for me, I would have been a winner! Thanks Pug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 If I had to put a pound on who would sort this one out for me, I would have been a winner! Thanks Pug I try my best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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