How to pronounce Schön

[TXsouthpaw]

Crazy as it sounds , shooin (or something close) is heard in parts of Germany and Europe but it's still not the way the cue company calls itself.

But ask how they pronounce the name Shawn. Record it. Have them read a sentance. The name Shawn you'll hear as something close to shone by a few people.

Maybe I didnt make myself clear. My whole point was that you can't say it sounds like "Shawn" because the name Shawn is pronounced vastly different throughout the country (and world) as well.

http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=shawn (very Northeast, but with only one syllable)

http://www.forvo.com/word/shawn/ (which is I believe the closest to the Schon Cues but with more of an 'ah' not a "short o," but someone from Wisconsin doesn't sound like this when saying Shawn...as the Wisconsinites seem to add a lot more A's in shaaaaahn)

Freddie <~~~ see Rich93's post

I see what you mean and your right, people enunciate it differently I just dont pick up on it cause i been here my whole life. I was just trying to say that if you asked them to spell it; theyd spell it shawn. Even if the sound they made was different depending where in tx theyre from. When you lived somewher all your life u dont pick up on the accents very well

 

[LAlouie]

Just call it "schwinn", like the bike.

"Excuse me, do you sell Schwinn Cues?"

 

[pdcue]

It is NOT pronounced Seltic... It is pronounced Keltic...

I told my DIV-O when he was practicing a brief to give to the PAC Fleet Admiral how it was really pronounced, because we had some missions planned using Celtic, like Celtic Hammer etc...

Even after I corrected him, he still gave the brief pronouncing it Seltic...

Made himself look the fool in front of the admiral...

Jaden

Blame the functionally illiterate Boston basketball fans.

Dale

 

[KRJ]

The umlaut as I was taught should be pronounced with an u or oo sound. It would be Shun with an ooo in the middle. I have pronounced it like the company calls it though shawn...

Jaden

Sein oder nicht sein, das ist die frage...

Yep. My mother in law is from Germany... and she says the proper way to pronounce it is just like you describe, but it is difficult....... it almost sounds like "schuurn", even though there is no "r" it sounds like it to me when she says it though she swears she is not using an "r" when she says it. The closet "english" word to it how she pronounced it to me would be "Shown" And she says yes, there are others in Germany that will "twist" the correct way to pronounce... but she is saying it in "high" german, which she claims is the correct way and not "low" german like others speak in the countryside.... whatever that means ??

Now we now why we call Munchen as "Munich" and call Koln as "Cologne".... we would just butcher it anyways... and though we use a similar alphabet, we just don't use the same pronunciation of their vowels, and thus it is difficult to say it if we never used it before.....

 

[pt109]

Sigh...
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WHAT???:wink: gimme a break, Freddie, I love threads like this.

For those who call the cue 'Shawn', that is the phonetic spelling of the
Irish 'Sean', which becomes 'John' in English and 'Giovanni' in Italy and
'Ivan' in Russia and 'Jovan' in Serbia and 'Juan' in Spain and 'Jean' in France
and 'Johann' in Germany and 'Hans' in Holland....etc

pt..<..who has had a po'boy in Nawlins, a hero in NYC, and a submarine in
Toronto
.....and has a 'Shown' cue

 

[Patrick Johnson]

While we are on the subject of nit picking:

In Patrick Johnson's avatar, why does it say 'carp diem' when the fish pictured is clearly a mackerel?

LOL. Because we fish don't know what fishermen call us.

pj
chgo

 

[KRJ]

WHAT???:wink: gimme a break, Freddie, I love threads like this.

For those who call the cue 'Shawn', that is the phonetic spelling of the
Irish 'Sean', which becomes 'John' in English and 'Giovanni' in Italy and
'Ivan' in Russia and 'Jovan' in Serbia and 'Juan' in Spain and 'Jean' in France
and 'Johann' in Germany and 'Hans' in Holland....etc

pt..<..who has had a po'boy in Nawlins, a hero in NYC, and a submarine in
Toronto
.....and has a 'Shown' cue

LOL... good one PT. But don't forget about them "hoagie's" from New Joosey

 

[Cornerman]

WHAT???:wink: gimme a break, Freddie, I love threads like this.

For those who call the cue 'Shawn', that is the phonetic spelling of the
Irish 'Sean', which becomes 'John' in English and 'Giovanni' in Italy and
'Ivan' in Russia and 'Jovan' in Serbia and 'Juan' in Spain and 'Jean' in France
and 'Johann' in Germany and 'Hans' in Holland....etc

pt..<..who has had a po'boy in Nawlins, a hero in NYC, and a submarine in
Toronto
.....and has a 'Shown' cue

Nothing against you or your post specifically, but these threads go the wrong direction once German students start with what they think they're German teacher told them.

If this held any water, then we all might as well hang up our non-Queen's English pronunciation of every word we Americans ever stole.

Freddie <~~~ has a Runde-era (how's that prounouced?)

 

[LAlouie]

If I was talking to a total newbie, I would say "get a SHOWN cue", because chances are if he saw the word "Schon" he might figure it out, and that's how most people pronounce it anyway. If I said whatever the german pronunciation is, he may never figure it out when reading "Schon" and no one will understand him if he says "I'm looking for a "S!#ern" cue.

 

[Niklas]

What about "Motörhead"?:smile:

 

[TheThaiger]

It is NOT pronounced Seltic... It is pronounced Keltic...


Jaden

There are millions of Scots who would disagree with you there. Glasgow Celtic = Seltic. However, when discussing the Irish Celtic Tiger, for example, that's Keltic.

 

[cajunfats]

What about "Motörhead"?:smile:

How about Blue Oyster Cult? cajunfats don't got no umlaut machine for his puter!

 

[half fast bankr]

I just saw this thread. Holy Christ! 7 pages on how to pronounce this word?! THAT is some funny and sad schit, lol.

Since everyone must've dropped their opinion (skimmed most of it), I'll throw mine in. It's pronounced like soon, but shoon. However, as we are stateside, and you would sound like an idiot saying it the proper Deutsch way, I too pronounce it like shown.

And if I'm lucky, this post will have rolled this clusterfark into page 8

 

[half fast bankr]

Hey! I have met you! Yeah, I remember, you were that one guy, out of the 100s that I have talked to about my cue, that tried to correct me when I called my cue a "Shawn". Keep up the campaign bro, eventually you will find someone else who actually gives a f*ck about those little dots above the o.

And THIS!!!! Classic...

 

[Rin]

Since they are made in America, by Americans, I can't see where it matters what those two dots mean in Germany. I pronounce it like "John," which it seems is how the people who make them pronounce it. However the people who make them pronounce it is how it is pronounced, period. (I haven't called them yet to see how they answer the phone, but I fully intend to just because there are so many morons walking the face of my planet.)

Well, its a German word and only exists in the German language...
Who cares if its made in America by Americans... The word is from Germany and pronounced like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvjhSaIjhgM

This is the one and only way to pronounce it!

I do understand that it is too difficult for non germans though..

 

[Kickin' Chicken]

WHAT???:wink: gimme a break, Freddie, I love threads like this.

For those who call the cue 'Shawn', that is the phonetic spelling of the
Irish 'Sean', which becomes 'John' in English and 'Giovanni' in Italy and
'Ivan' in Russia and 'Jovan' in Serbia and 'Juan' in Spain and 'Jean' in France
and 'Johann' in Germany and 'Hans' in Holland....etc

pt..<..who has had a po'boy in Nawlins, a hero in NYC, and a submarine in
Toronto
.....and has a 'Shown' cue

but has it "Shown" you the money?

and haven't you been where they give you a hoagie? :wink:

best,
brian kc

 

[Kickin' Chicken]

While we are on the subject of nit picking:

In Patrick Johnson's avatar, why does it say 'carp diem' when the fish pictured is clearly a mackerel?

carp vs. makerel, underscored.

good catch, so to speak. :wink:

best,
brian kc

 

[Cornerman]

deleted... maybe this thread should just end until the next time someone asks.

 

[Celtic]

Is that pronounced "Joss" or "Josh". LOL I couldn't resist...

Rest assured that you were not the only one who thought that the instant they read that.

 

[Celtic]

Blame the functionally illiterate Boston basketball fans.

Dale

That is a curious thing. When it comes to sports teams with the name not only in Boston but in Europe they call then the "seltics". If you ask anyone in Europe about the people/culture though they are the "Kelts" or "Keltic" as far as pronunciation goes.

The sports teams do get more exposure and use then the culture though and alot of people think "Celtic" when speaking of the culture is said as "seltic".

For the record I am "K"eltic.