"Brian M. Collins" wrote:
This was the first question I posed to the SuSE guys at LinuxWorld. I essentially got 3 answers: - Soo-zee - Soo-Suh - and something that sounds like the children's author "Soose"
According to the folks at the conference, both from German and American origin, it really doesn't matter, and what you call it is dependent on where you are from. One gentleman, upon hearing that I was from California, suggested I call it "Soo-Suh".
I believe I heard more Germans pronouncing it "Suu-zee" (like the feminine name), but I believe that is slang, and not really the "correct" German pronunciation.
Are we all clear on this now?
I believe the truth of the matter is that the German pronunceation would fall between Soo-zee and Soo-Suh. If I'm not mistaken the final 'e' is pronounced like a-umlaut. That is a sound between the english 'a' as in 'apple', and 'e' as in 'end'. The 's' sound in German tends to be between our 's' and our 'z'. I have never heard it pronounced in english, but I always say "Soo-Suh." I kind of like Suu-zee though. Es brilling war. Die schlichten Toven Wirrten und wimmelten in Waben; Und aller-muemsige Burggoven Die mohmen Raeth' ausgraben Bewahre doch vor Jammerwoch! -Lewis Carroll, translated by Robert Scott. See: _Goedel, Escher, Bach,_ page 366 HTH, Stef -- <A HREF="http://counter.li.org"><A HREF="http://counter.li.org</A">http://counter.li.org</A</A>> -User # 79059 | I think. <A HREF="http://www.suse.com"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com</A">http://www.suse.com</A</A>> | I think I am. <A HREF="http://www.kde.org"><A HREF="http://www.kde.org</A">http://www.kde.org</A</A>> | Therefore I am. <A HREF="http://samba.anu.edu.au"><A HREF="http://samba.anu.edu.au</A">http://samba.anu.edu.au</A</A>> | I think? - Moody Blues - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>