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Bloody Austrians! XP

Heh, just kidding. I love Austria, especaily Wien. I just find it hard to decifer their accent sometimes, but that's true with Bavarians, too.

Vielen Dank!

Oops, my bad! :(

http://masterrussian.net/mforum/download.php?id=33

I don't see what you're talking about. I don't see a "file upload" thing anywhere in my profile, except for maybe the avatar upload thing. The file works for me, I don't know what to do. :roll:

Sounds right to me. I've included a sound file of myself saying (in my crappy attempt at a native German accent) the words "ich" and "auch". You'll notice that the sound in "ich" is sort of a "ksh"...

Like I said, I've heard it "ish," "iksh," and "ikh" (the 'kh' being like the russian letter 'Х'). It all depends on where you are in Germany and its surounding countries.

You're right on the "i" thing. The only exception which comes to my mind is the German word "Familie" (meaning "family") which is pronounced "fah-mih-lee-uh" instead of "fah-mih-lee." Other than...

I'm pretty sure it's "Ik" in Dutch instead of "Ich", like it is in German.

I learned it as "iksh." I learned it that way from listening to too much Rammstein, though. u_u

I've also heard it pronounced like the "ch" in the german word "nacht" where it is an affricative...