• semi [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    As another German, I can confirm that the “first e in mesmer” way is how Germans would pronounce it. See for example 11seconds into this German video also officially from SUSE’s YouTube channel - a SUSE employee and German native speaker who is moderating a series of talks is using that pronunciation.

    It’s just a tiny mistake that most Germans are used to hearing Americans make all the time (see also Porsche which is also not pronounced porsh, nor por-shay, but porsh-eh) and will politely ignore, but since this aims to be an educational video, should be pointed out to be slightly incorrect

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      7 months ago

      That’s great, thx. Hence, in German it’s suse and in English it’s officially susa.

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      7 months ago

      At least porsch-ee makes sense given English pronunciation, Susa just sounds random

      You largely make it up to them with your “hello together” though!