JtR in the news today

[Steven Russell]

Could be. But at least he is shaking trees. I didn't mean any disrespect.

Best wishes,
Steve.

[ChrisGeorge]

Feigenbaum = Fig Tree

The question is: is Trevor shaking the wrong tree?

[Steven Russell]

Thanks, Heinrich.

Best wishes,
Steve.

[Heinrich]

Cheers, Christian. That's what I thought but I have been shown the error of my ways. Apparently underground is a hard g and gentlemen is soft. Whatever, we can agree on the pronunciation of Feigenbaum (what does it mean anyway? Some sort of tree I suppose) which is a long way from Trevor's "Feegenborn".

Feigenbaum = Fig Tree

[Steven Russell]

Cheers, Christian. That's what I thought but I have been shown the error of my ways. Apparently underground is a hard g and gentlemen is soft. Whatever, we can agree on the pronunciation of Feigenbaum (what does it mean anyway? Some sort of tree I suppose) which is a long way from Trevor's "Feegenborn".

Best wishes,
Steve.

[chrisjd]

Also I don't know what a "hard g" in German sould be. To me, a hard G is a "K" as in Kipling.
"G" is soft as such, as in "Goulston" or "underground"
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[chrisjd]

He's just back from holiday, Stephen :-)

Feigenbaum:

Fei as in F"eye"

gen is difficult, as all english words seem to pronounce the 'g' as in "gents".
the "g" is pronounced as in "Goulston" St.
the "en" as in "gender"

baum:
"b" as in better
"au" as in "foul"
"m" as in "mother"

"Feigenbaum", simple ;-)

Christian

[Steven Russell]

Thanks, sis. And thanks to Limehouse, Stephen, and Heinrich for correcting me on hard and soft gs. I know what I meant but got the terminology wrong.

Best wishes,
Steve.

[Sister Hyde]

hard g, soft g, whatever. Steven is right in the prononciation though "FEYE-GUEN-BAOM".

[Stephen Thomas]

When I say a soft g, I mean as in "guess" and by a hard g, I mean as in "digest".

Don't you mean the other way around?

Where's that nice Christian Jaud when we need him?

[Limehouse]

When I say a soft g, I mean as in "guess" and by a hard g, I mean as in "digest".

Best wishes,
Steve.

Hi Steve

It's the other way around (at least, it is in English). A soft 'g' sounds like a 'j' as in Germany, ginger, Nigeria etc. As a tip, the soft 'g' is neary always followed by the letter 'e' or 'i'.

A hard 'g' sound comes from the back of the throat as in grill, ghetto going etc.

[Steven Russell]

When I say a soft g, I mean as in "guess" and by a hard g, I mean as in "digest".

Best wishes,
Steve.

[Heinrich]

Does that get used in German surnames? I guess someone called Heinrich has a much better knowledge than me of how to pronounce German surnames. Can you help?

Best wishes,
Steve.

I believe a hard "g" is OK.

[Steven Russell]

Does that get used in German surnames? I guess someone called Heinrich has a much better knowledge than me of how to pronounce German surnames. Can you help?

Best wishes,
Steve.

[Heinrich]

I do wish Mr. Marriott would learn to pronounce "Feigenbaum" correctly. I know he's done lots of research and continues to campaign to get the Special Branch stuff released but it seems a bit sloppy he can't get his suspect's name right. My 'O' level German tells me it should be "Fei (rhymes with eye) gen (soft g and schwa vowel) baum (vowel pronounced as in gown)".

Best wishes,
Steve.

Why not a hard g?