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How does one pronounce this ?
I, in my ignorance, have assumed Teyootoberg.
In his recent TV series on Barbarians ( UK TV ) Terry Jones ( of Monty Python fame ) pronounces it Toytoberg.
Or is there a third way ??????
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Toytoboerg sort of comes closest to the German pronounciation.
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Funny... In Spanish, RIESE means 'she/he laughs' :lol:
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Terry didn't mention KALK-RIE-SE .... he mentioned someone called Herman though :wink:
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"Hermann" is the Germanized form of "Arminius", the Cheruscan leader. In this way, the past was better connected to the German present.
An interesting parallel is the Frankish leader Chlodevich, who was named Clovis by French scholars, to show that he was in fact called Louis.
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I don't know; it would mean that a dental sound (/d/) changes into a labial sound (/v/), which is unlikely, I think, but I am not a linguist.
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@ Conal: toy toe boo rg
(the last part sounds like Varus' last word... :wink: )
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