I keep hearing a lot of mispronunciation of European languages in American media. This week, I have heard several Americans talk about ICE being similar to the Secret State Police of Nazi Germany, called Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei). And for some reason they keep pronouncing it ge-shhh-tapo.
I think it is due to Americans associating the shhh sound with German. But the right pronounciation has a forward s-sound like in the word step. Try saying ge-step-o, and then ge-sta-po… Gestapo!
ĸurth
in reply to Randahl Fink • • •erm, no
Geheime Staats Polizei, where S in Staats is pronounced Shhtaats in german
Randahl Fink
in reply to ĸurth • • •ĸurth
in reply to Randahl Fink • • •nowadays, yes. But i’m fairly* certain the historical/contemporary pronounciation was mainly sh.
Same happened to Stalin btw
(* well, mildly, 'anecdotely' certain, Grandparents and afair some film or audio strips)
Randahl Fink
in reply to ĸurth • • •ĸurth
in reply to Randahl Fink • • •Not pronouncing Stalin with Sh is just plain wrong, but done anyway.
I think i also remember interviews with holocaust survivors and other witnesses to history pronouncing it Geshtapo.
There are no rules as to pronounce abbreviations, though. But as for my feeling, sh is 'more' correct.
Tuchowski
in reply to Randahl Fink • • •christian mock
in reply to Randahl Fink • • •BuckRogers1965
in reply to Randahl Fink • • •to be fair we can't even pronounce our own language right.
"New - QUE - laaaar"
Martin Williges
in reply to Randahl Fink • • •Randahl Fink
in reply to Martin Williges • • •@herrwilliges then I reserve the right to spell it Schtat. 😀
(Danish has a ton of exceptions too)
JimTheWhyGuy ❌👑
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in reply to Randahl Fink • • •Bill Of Earth42
in reply to Randahl Fink • • •maholtz
in reply to Randahl Fink • • •I do not think it make sense, anyway I think ice is more correlated to SA. gestapo was more secret. Afaik
But we in Germany grow up with the question, how that was possible. Now we can see the answer in real time on social media. That threatens me a lot
Sarcasm is all I have Left
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in reply to Randahl Fink • • •Paul_stilgar
in reply to Randahl Fink • • •I’m surprised that the Amerikkkans can’t correctly pronounced this word knowing that after the war U.S. Counterintelligence Corps (CIC) employed the former Lyon Gestapo SD chief Klaus Barbie for his anti-communist efforts and also helped him escape to Bolivia (and others)
Barbie ( yes it was his name ) was known as the "Butcher of Lyon" for having personally tortured prisoners—primarily Jews and members of the French Resistance—as the head of the Gestapo in Lyon.
#usa #gestapo
Diana 🇪🇺🇺🇦
in reply to Randahl Fink • • •Bigfood
in reply to Randahl Fink • • •ICE is not the Gestapo, they are more like the SA.
youtu.be/BYOeamkqHtc?si=uQBhgc…
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