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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
1y
doing some end-of-day German and hmmm

the ü in für doesn't sound like the rest of ü
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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
1y
sounds a lot more u
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ash neodog_flag_gf @darkphoenix@not.an.evilcyberhacker.net
1y
@kitten hmm I'm not sure I agree
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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
1y
@darkphoenix compare to Süden oder kühlschrank
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ash neodog_flag_gf @darkphoenix@not.an.evilcyberhacker.net
1y
@kitten both of those are longer phonetically yes, but my brain doesn't really lump them in as different sounds beyond that, and u/ü is a different dimension of distinction to me
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nightscy @nightscy@kinkycats.org
1y
@kitten What? No, I disagree.

für, Bühne, Mühle, glühen, Lüge, Süßigkeiten…

…all the same ü. I mean, there are short ones, like

Glück, Sülze, Bündel, bücken, …
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