Schon Like Phone or Schon Like Ron

I learned to speak German from my mother, who came from a small farming community in Germany, we (her and I) pronounced it much like "Shane". In college I took one semester of German and was pretty surprised by some of those spellings and how the teacher pronounced some words!
 
bruin70 said:
say "sun", but put your tongue against your front teeth when you pronounce the "u". i THINK it's like "uh" + "eh"
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I've always said it like phone. I tried to say it like bruin here but my f****** front tooth keeps fallin' out!
 
mjantti said:
Actually, if you say it correctly, it's pronounced like turn or burn. Those two dots above the "o" makes the difference. But hey, never expected English-speaking people getting it right :) German language, as well as Finnish language, contains the letter "o" with two dots (ö). English doesn't...
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From what I saw around Helsinki it looks like all Finnish words require at least 5 'o's, 'a's, or 'i's regardless of how few other letters are in the word. Based on that experience I would have to say that you Finns are the experts on vowels :)

Dave, who is barely conversant in English according to some ...
 
Around here we pronounce it like Ron. Every so often, you'll hear it pronounced like phone.
 
DaveK said:
From what I saw around Helsinki it looks like all Finnish words require at least 5 'o's, 'a's, or 'i's regardless of how few other letters are in the word. Based on that experience I would have to say that you Finns are the experts on vowels :)

Dave, who is barely conversant in English according to some ...
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You're absolutely right. We have a lot of vowels in our language. How about a Finnish word "hääyöaie" in which "hääyö" means wedding night and "aie" is sort of intention. Seven vowels in a row... must be a record :)
 
I asked a German speaking friend of mine and he said the following:

schane. long A sound but purse your lips more than is customary for English speakers.
 
I've spoken with Evan and a few other guys there numerous times in the past week.

Everyone of them answered the phone "schon cues"....

The Schon pronounced like "Shawn" but without the W.....

As in Shaaaaan.....

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While we are on the subject of Schon and Evan, I must add this.

He runs one hell of a first class operation, builds one hell of a fine cue, and is a Wealth of knowledge about cues "Obviously :D "and is one seriously patient buisness owner for taking the time to listen to my requests, make his own suggestions, and make me "Exactly" what I wanted.....

Absolutley a top notch man, buisness owner and cue makes I will always be pleased to do buisness with and endorse whole heartedly...

-Jedi
 
mjantti said:
If you didn't know, Schön is a German word meaning beautiful.
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And schon is a German word for okay or affirmative. The pronunciation with the umlaut is ike a slightly drawn out 'sho-wn'.

I was told that the engraving machine doesn't do umlauts so at some point it was decided that the two dots above the o were too much work and could be eliminated.

Personally, I think those two dots made the cue and the absence of them is reflective of where Schoen (how to write out an umlaut) has gone. Schon verstanden?

John
 
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