"rbowman" wrote in message
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On 09/11/2019 07:25 AM, Shadow wrote:
PS In Portuguese, words are pronounced as they are written. No
"read and read" here. In Portuguese they would be "red and reed".
Easier, huh?

Although it's rusty my other language is German. It is also
straightforward in pronunciation. The challenge is the fondness for
compound words but once you figure out which words were pasted together
you can pronounce it.

I remember learning German compound words such as Luftkissenfahrzeug
(hovercraft - "air cushion travel thing") and Fernsehapparat (TV - "far see
apparatus"). My grandpa was a member of a model railway society and they had
dealings with a similar society in Germany. They sent my grandpa (who was
editor of his society's newsletter) a ****-take of their own language, as a
story in "German" with English translation. The word that they translated as
"cab" was "Herrlokomotivdirektordonnerundblitzenhaus". So Germans *do* have
a sense of humour after all.