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inu_1607 on 11 December 2009

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Ostro on 11 December 2009
alekth said:

I've never heard the S in snake refered to as a soft Z.
I guess I pronounce it as the Z in zero.

@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



Smeags on 11 December 2009
SHMUPGurus said:

The cupcakes = your story. The dog = me.

*Wipes tear from eye*

Oh boy... this thread is something else. Well done everyone. Well done indeed.



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Sommernacht on 11 December 2009

Well I am from Germany and I never heard ANYONE call it Tsellda.
After all the game IS called The Legend of Zelda in Germany and not "Die Legende von Tsellda".
I think you don't need to learn french to figure that out...
(btw. the french people are famous for pronouncing everything the "french-way", aren't they?)



1200p|is|FullHD on 11 December 2009

aaaah too much to answer but I'll do :

first of all :
The World consists not only of english speaking people :)
and i had to search a long time for an english word with tz like pants :D hard to find
People in germany mostly say : TZZZZZelda

.. I apologize if you didnt get the idea of the thread at once, you need to work on your foreign language skills, you see I speak english too :)
btw. all this doesnt change the fact that it sounds like c'est la vie :)

german L is always softly pronounced, how do u want to pronounce it else ? ELLLL ? i know german is said to be a harsh language ( dont think so but k ) but thats not the case here ^^


But lets praise this thread, as it brought us this awesome GIF.
I rarely laugh in front of my PC but i really lol'ed hard. need to get this on my computer haha



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Majin-Tenshinhan on 11 December 2009
1200p|is|FullHD said:
aaaah too much to answer but I'll do :

first of all :
The World consists not only of english speaking people :)
and i had to search a long time for an english word with tz like pants :D hard to find
People in germany mostly say : TZZZZZelda
.. I apology if you didnt get the idea of the thread at once, you need to work on your foreign language skills, you see I speak english too :)
btw. all this doesnt change the fact that it sounds like c'est la vie :)

german L is always softly pronounced, how do u want to pronounce it else ? ELLLL ? i know german is said to be a harsh language ( dont think so but k ) but thats not the case here ^^


But lets praise this thread, as it brought us this awesome GIF.
I rarely laugh in front of my PC but i really lol'ed hard. need to get this on my computer haha

I know Swedish, English, Japanese and a bit of French. I think you mean we need to work on our "german language skills" - Not foreign language skills in general.

Also, even a german guy came in here and said he didn't understand what you were talking about.



mike_intellivision on 11 December 2009

I wonder if Selda is the European pronunciation.
I have never heard anyone in the US say anything but ZZelda.

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okr on 11 December 2009

mininova torrents, pants, snake, tselda, c'est la vie???

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trestres on 11 December 2009
SHMUPGurus said:

The cupcakes = your story. The dog = me.

OMFG, that was the best thing I've seen on the internet LOL

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.jayderyu on 11 December 2009

Selda?

Tselda?

Don't people know how to pronounce a "z" sound?

I suppose when you try to mimic the sound of a buzzing bee. You say "busssss"?

It's more like a vibrating razor in sound. with the toungue vibrating at a high frequency than an "S".

I suspect though that most people here know how to pronounce "Zelda".



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