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To: Slings and Arrows
It's a little Platz on the continent where they speak Austrian, er, Deutsch.

The Anglosphere is a great thing, but it can be inconvenient at times, especially when there is Google.

Wiki entry for the village in question.

According to the Wiki, the pronunciation rhymes with look, as does that of the correct pronunciation of the name of birth control whore Sandra Fluke, who tried to shut down Rush but only succeeded in boosting his ratings.

21 posted on 06/01/2012 10:53:46 PM PDT by cynwoody
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“Kommandant Schmitzberger, the local police chief, also hinted at other avenues to stop what he calls “foreign criminals” from disturbing order in the village. Regarding these “other avenues”, Schmitzberger stated, “[w]hat they are, I am not at liberty to disclose, but we will not stand for the Fucking signs being removed. It may be very amusing for you British, but Fucking is simply Fucking to us. What is this big Fucking joke?”


22 posted on 06/01/2012 10:58:33 PM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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To: cynwoody
According to the Wiki, the pronunciation rhymes with "look",

...which does match how some English speakers pronounce the word in question.

23 posted on 06/01/2012 11:13:03 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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