alekth said: I've never heard the S in snake refered to as a soft Z. @OP: do you pronounce it with a soft L (I would expect that's the way a native German speaker would). |
German people who don't think about it being international/English would say Tzelldah.
Z is always a little harsh :P and after it you mostly get a short vocal which makes the L sound like LL if you're familiar with the grammar rules (which, I guess, nobody isn't lol). And then again a long A, like "Jah"! xD