come on guys we're in our 20's

4/3/2009 11:52:33 AM

do we really need a reason? suspend.

4/3/2009 11:53:55 AM

um?

4/3/2009 11:54:56 AM

i don't get this. is the way obama says her name? what about it?

4/3/2009 11:55:15 AM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090403/ap_on_go_pr_wh/eu_merkel_afghanistan;_ylt=AoTMJ94bAjdAeWzd.gVEDTGyFz4D

Quote :

"BADEN-BADEN, Germany – German Chancellor Angela Merkel (AHN'-geh-lah MEHR'-kuhl) says Germany wants to bear its share of the responsibility in Afghanistan and help shape the West's relationship with Iran."

i mean does it look like its supposed to be pronounced funny or something?

4/3/2009 11:57:47 AM

perhaps it does to people whom english is not their primary language.

4/3/2009 11:59:43 AM

woooo DP

[Edited on April 3, 2009 at 12:00 PM. Reason : rt]

4/3/2009 11:59:43 AM

it is pronounced differently in german (as indicated in the article) than we would typically pronounce it in america

4/3/2009 12:14:56 PM

so its not pronounced an-ge-la mer-kel?

4/3/2009 12:16:48 PM

American pronounciation: Anjela
German: AhnGehla

4/3/2009 12:19:00 PM

long A

4/3/2009 12:19:53 PM

oh ok...thank you kind sir(s)

[Edited on April 3, 2009 at 12:20 PM. Reason : s]

4/3/2009 12:19:54 PM

it's said more like onjela than annejela

4/3/2009 12:20:18 PM

No no no. It's a G as in Good, not a J as in Jew.

[Edited on April 3, 2009 at 12:23 PM. Reason : or better yet, not G as in Gypsy.....why am I a nazi today?]

4/3/2009 12:21:55 PM

^ true.

and the A is as the A in father.

4/3/2009 12:23:44 PM

nvm

[Edited on April 3, 2009 at 12:27 PM. Reason : glad i made this thread lol]

[Edited on April 3, 2009 at 12:27 PM. Reason : wanted to make it like 2 days ago]

4/3/2009 12:26:29 PM