Re: [CR]Pronunciation Help: PUCH

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

From: "Martin Appel" <martin@camelot.de>
Subject: Re: [CR]Pronunciation Help: PUCH
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 00:01:43 +0200
In-Reply-To: <BAY16-F40tITN7q3Rzi0001d88f@hotmail.com>


"Mick Butler" <pariscyclesuk@hotmail.com> schrieb:
>You say it like Pooke. Nice and long.

well - almost :-) the "u" is short, not long. You might try to pronounce it like "Pookh" with a short "oo" and without putting any emphasis on the "k".

(I understand it is almost impossible to teach a native english speaker how to promounce the "ch". the sound that comes closest is a little like "sh"; JFK had phonetically written down his famous "ich bin ein Berliner" speech and had the "ich" as "ish", iirc.)

Martin Appel Munich, Germany (sorry for the previous post; mousebutton finger was too fast...)