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Old 01-01-2004, 05:27 PM   #5 (permalink)
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A) I know a couple guys who took German in college. You have 8 or 9 different styles of the "eu/ew" sound.

B) English->White people in England.
German->White people in Germany.
Spanish->White people in Spain.
So racism doesn't factor in as much as can be guessed. It's probably more of the difference between "Latin" and "Germanic" languages. For some reason Spanish/Italian pronunciation roles off the tongue a LOT easier than German.
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