On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:15:34 -0500, erilar wrote:
>In article ,
> Dave Frightens Me
> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:23:34 +0100, Tim C. wrote:
>>
>> > On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:26:40 +0000, "Mr Suburbia (Mike...) "
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >>Following up to "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> I DO
>> >>>love German "portmanteau" words!
>> >>
>> >>anybody know what the longest is?
>> >
>> > In German nearly all words more than 3 syllables can be classified as
>> > such, but traditionally I think this is regarded as the longest.
>> >
>> > Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitänskajüten.
>>
>> I've gotta know, what's the difference in pronounciation between one, two,
>> or three 'f's?
>
>Well, with three, obviously the first two end one word and the third
>begins another. When I say it, I use two "f sounds"
Like most people you pronounce it as separate words.
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Martin
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