The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #11615   Message #87697
Posted By: Wotcha
18-Jun-99 - 12:19 PM
Thread Name: To Those Who know another language besides En
Subject: RE: To Those Who know another language besides En
Gesondheit is my favorite dutch expression for good health before a beer goes down the hatch: at least in Flemish speaking Belgium.

A good German way to remember how to pronounce those i and e sounds (stein or stien) is "when two go walking, the last one goes a-talking ..." i.e., pronounce stein (stine) and stien (steen) ... but that wouldn't help the English pronunciation for Neil (which would be Nile ...)

Arabic soon to follow... cheers, Brian