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Refining that a bit - it's written "y" and pronounced like "ü", but only in learned and modern loans*), not in old nativized loans like Kirche.
How do you pronounce Gyros? In the English here it is /ˈjəroʊz/ [ˈjʁ̩ˤːʁˤo̞ːs] outside careful speech, where it is /ˈjiroʊz/ [ˈjiːʁˤo̞ːs]~[ˈjɪːʁˤo̞ːs], even though we spell it gyros (or in the singular often turn it into gyro in everyday speech)?hwhatting wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 5:20 amRefining that a bit - it's written "y" and pronounced like "ü", but only in learned and modern loans*), not in old nativized loans like Kirche.
*) E.g., even in a modern loan like Gyros, where the German pronuciation is based on the spelling of the transcription from Greek, not on the pronounciation in spoken Greek (which would give something like *Jiros in German).
['gyːʀɔs], though some people say ['giːʀɔs]. This is of course a spelling pronunciation - is is more or less what a word spelled Gyros is expected to sound like in German, no matter what the Greeks actually call it.Travis B. wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 9:59 amHow do you pronounce Gyros? In the English here it is /ˈjəroʊz/ [ˈjʁ̩ˤːʁˤo̞ːs] outside careful speech, where it is /ˈjiroʊz/ [ˈjiːʁˤo̞ːs]~[ˈjɪːʁˤo̞ːs], even though we spell it gyros (or in the singular often turn it into gyro in everyday speech)?hwhatting wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 5:20 amRefining that a bit - it's written "y" and pronounced like "ü", but only in learned and modern loans*), not in old nativized loans like Kirche.
*) E.g., even in a modern loan like Gyros, where the German pronuciation is based on the spelling of the transcription from Greek, not on the pronounciation in spoken Greek (which would give something like *Jiros in German).
Isn't that basically the standard pronunciation of Kirche?WeepingElf wrote: ↑Sat Aug 16, 2025 5:04 amIn this part of Germany, the word Kirche is pronounced something like [kɨɐçə].
How did that happen?!Man in Space wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 5:00 pm For me (Inland North), gyro (the food, not the mechanism) is homophonous with hero.
The only thing that sticks out to me about that pronunciation vis-à-vis StG is the lack of aspiration on the [k].jal wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 4:15 pmIsn't that basically the standard pronunciation of Kirche?WeepingElf wrote: ↑Sat Aug 16, 2025 5:04 amIn this part of Germany, the word Kirche is pronounced something like [kɨɐçə].
I've heard of a Hero Sandwitch...but I was never able to find out what one was (anyone i asked, didn't know)Travis B. wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 5:30 pmHow did that happen?!Man in Space wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 5:00 pm For me (Inland North), gyro (the food, not the mechanism) is homophonous with hero.
Edit: is this due to conflation with the sandwich (which I personally am used to being called a sub) known as a hero in some parts of the US?
Not really. The standard pronunciation is ['kiɐçə], but many speakers either front the [k] or retract the [i] slightly.jal wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 4:15 pmIsn't that basically the standard pronunciation of Kirche?WeepingElf wrote: ↑Sat Aug 16, 2025 5:04 amIn this part of Germany, the word Kirche is pronounced something like [kɨɐçə].
I thought /k/ was generally aspirated in StG.WeepingElf wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 7:18 pmNot really. The standard pronunciation is ['kiɐçə], but many speakers either front the [k] or retract the [i] slightly.jal wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 4:15 pmIsn't that basically the standard pronunciation of Kirche?WeepingElf wrote: ↑Sat Aug 16, 2025 5:04 amIn this part of Germany, the word Kirche is pronounced something like [kɨɐçə].
It is, people just normally don't notice it because that's how /k/ is pronounced; that's why Germans also forget to notate it when using IPA. That said, there are German regiolects without aspiration; maybe Elf speaks one of those.Travis B. wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 7:30 pmI thought /k/ was generally aspirated in StG.WeepingElf wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 7:18 pm Not really. The standard pronunciation is ['kiɐçə], but many speakers either front the [k] or retract the [i] slightly.
While over in Britain noöne knows how to pronounce it. Wiktionary lists 6 forms¹ from straight up spelling pronunciations /ɡajrəwz/² (Plural of gyro) to the quite-accurate-to-the-Greek /jɪjrəws/. I have /jɪjrɔs~ʒɪjrɔs³/ myself, neither of which is listed.Travis B. wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 9:59 amHow do you pronounce Gyros? In the English here it is /ˈjəroʊz/ [ˈjʁ̩ˤːʁˤo̞ːs] outside careful speech, where it is /ˈjiroʊz/ [ˈjiːʁˤo̞ːs]~[ˈjɪːʁˤo̞ːs], even though we spell it gyros (or in the singular often turn it into gyro in everyday speech)?hwhatting wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 5:20 amRefining that a bit - it's written "y" and pronounced like "ü", but only in learned and modern loans*), not in old nativized loans like Kirche.
*) E.g., even in a modern loan like Gyros, where the German pronuciation is based on the spelling of the transcription from Greek, not on the pronounciation in spoken Greek (which would give something like *Jiros in German).
That's what I was wondering about -- does the regiolect where Elf is from lack aspiration, or did he just simply neglect to mark it?hwhatting wrote: ↑Mon Aug 18, 2025 2:12 amIt is, people just normally don't notice it because that's how /k/ is pronounced; that's why Germans also forget to notate it when using IPA. That said, there are German regiolects without aspiration; maybe Elf speaks one of those.Travis B. wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 7:30 pmI thought /k/ was generally aspirated in StG.WeepingElf wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 7:18 pm Not really. The standard pronunciation is ['kiɐçə], but many speakers either front the [k] or retract the [i] slightly.
I'm surprised that I haven't heard someone pronounce it something like /ˈdʒəɪroʊz/ considering how apt people here are to spelling-pronounce loans according to English spelling...Lērisama wrote: ↑Mon Aug 18, 2025 4:17 amWhile over in Britain noöne knows how to pronounce it. Wiktionary lists 6 forms¹ from straight up spelling pronunciations /ɡajrəwz/² (Plural of gyro) to the quite-accurate-to-the-Greek /jɪjrəws/. I have /jɪjrɔs~ʒɪjrɔs³/ myself, neither of which is listed.Travis B. wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 9:59 amHow do you pronounce Gyros? In the English here it is /ˈjəroʊz/ [ˈjʁ̩ˤːʁˤo̞ːs] outside careful speech, where it is /ˈjiroʊz/ [ˈjiːʁˤo̞ːs]~[ˈjɪːʁˤo̞ːs], even though we spell it gyros (or in the singular often turn it into gyro in everyday speech)?hwhatting wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 5:20 am
Refining that a bit - it's written "y" and pronounced like "ü", but only in learned and modern loans*), not in old nativized loans like Kirche.
*) E.g., even in a modern loan like Gyros, where the German pronuciation is based on the spelling of the transcription from Greek, not on the pronounciation in spoken Greek (which would give something like *Jiros in German).
¹ Which all sound okay to me, although I can't vouch for having heard them all in the wild
² All IPA renotated to my SSBE
³ Either an attempt at [ʝ], or a hyperforeignism
Same here.
And of course, the words are related.Travis B. wrote: ↑Mon Aug 18, 2025 3:08 pmSame here.
Yep, both come from Greek γύρος, 'circle', 'round', 'turn', etc.WeepingElf wrote: ↑Mon Aug 18, 2025 3:55 pmAnd of course, the words are related.
IIRC, in English grammar this is generally called ‘secondary predication’.Flau wrote: ↑Wed Aug 20, 2025 11:57 am I was looking at Zompist's page on Flaidish and came across this sentence:
ʔok garse ʔelzichpo, ʔok ʔozse festpo ʔaax
I if-ONG disobey-PART, I get-ONG paint-PART blue
If I disobeyed, I'd be painted blue
Memorable enough in itself, the sentence also made me wonder about the syntactic role of "blue", or generally of Y in phrases like "to make X Y". If I had to guess, I would say it's an adverbial, but it doesn't really modify the verb - it sounds more like an argument of it. Does anyone more knowledgeable on syntax have a definite answer?