marcel_perez_calisto Posted August 8, 2002 Share Posted August 8, 2002 Hello everyone. Just wondering, how do you pronounce the "s" word? I have heard at least 3 different takes on Schimpflug and would like to know if there is a correct one. Thanks in advance for your valuable feedback. marcel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photojoe Posted August 8, 2002 Share Posted August 8, 2002 I say it "Shime" with a "fluge" coming right after. I've also heard it with "ShimeP" "Fluge" As well as "Shimp" "Fluge" I guess those I've been around can agree on how the word should end :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
light-zone Posted August 8, 2002 Share Posted August 8, 2002 Scheimpflug = Schmeim pf lug. When ie are together, the e is said, when ei are together, the i is pronounced. The second letter in these cases take the on the sound of the letter itsself. The p and f are both said together, a sound that the english language does not have, but appears quite often in German. Pfund, Pfusch, Pforte, Pflege ect. ect. ect... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_galli4 Posted August 8, 2002 Share Posted August 8, 2002 Just pick one and say it with enough authority and conviction that those around you will think "oh...so that's how you pronounce it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_watkins Posted August 8, 2002 Share Posted August 8, 2002 i agree with Jim, the man's dead, he ain't gonna complain. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upscan Posted August 9, 2002 Share Posted August 9, 2002 Don't. The Scheimpflug guy only got half the story. Say "Merklinger", he got his half and somebody else's half and put it all together. See: http://home.fox.nstn.ca/~hmmerk/HMArtls.html Now, if you really want to say it remember the p is a dry P, which does not end with a vowel. You close your lips tightly at the P but do not exhale. That gives you the chance to waltz in smoothly into the 'flug'. In Spanish and Marseille French the tendency is to end all such consonats with an 'e'. In German the p is pronounced so subtly that you know is there when you see it in print. Auf wiedersehen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
light-zone Posted August 9, 2002 Share Posted August 9, 2002 Danke Julio! Endlich weiss ich wie mann pf auf Deutsch ordnungsgemaess ausspricht! Uebrigens, das P ist doch zu hören. Nur wenn ein Ami versucht Deutsch zu sprechen klingt pf wie f. Ciao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob. Posted August 9, 2002 Share Posted August 9, 2002 Julio thanks! Finally white I like man pf on German duly expresses! By the way, the P is to be heard nevertheless. Only if a Ami tries German to speak sounds pf like f. Ciao Mmmmm... so much for web based online translators... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_luke Posted August 9, 2002 Share Posted August 9, 2002 Ok -how do you say"fresnel? I was in theater lighting for a while and they say it is a french word pronounced "fer NEL". Every camers guy I've ever talked to says "FREZ nl" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_burns1 Posted August 9, 2002 Share Posted August 9, 2002 "Fresnel" is pronounced "fray nel", not "fer nel." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcel_perez_calisto Posted August 9, 2002 Author Share Posted August 9, 2002 Thanks for all the feedback! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tito sobrinho Posted August 17, 2002 Share Posted August 17, 2002 Fresnel= FRE-NEL and not Frey-nel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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