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I before E except in German.
Posted by qtns2di4 on 2012-July-26 17:32:39 EDT, Thursday
In reply to The main thing to consider, my friend... posted by Dissident on 2012-July-26 16:07:02 EDT, Thursday
When a certain worldview or mindset is at its dominant heyday, or at the peak of its entrenchment in the cultural zietgiest,
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Zeit
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Geist
As usual when directly incorporating modern German words into English, the orthography (except for the initial capital in nouns, and sometimes the umlaut) is usually kept intact. ,,Über'' can be "über" or "uber", but it's not "oober" or "ouber" although that would be closer to how English speakers pronounce it.
(of course, German also has -ie-, as in ,,Krieg'' but represents a different sound than -ei-, unlike in English)
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- For Anglophones, pronounce the last. - Dante on 2012-July-26 23:04:32 EDT, Thursday - (2 / 0 / 0)
- Whoops!-nt - Dissident on 2012-July-26 21:29:56 EDT, Thursday - (2 / 0 / 0)
- Wrong. - griffith on 2012-July-26 17:54:36 EDT, Thursday - (2 / 0 / 0)