If you’ve been there or live there, I’d love to hear your perspective. I’m going for the first time to visit my daughter, who lives with her German boyfriend near Munich in a town called Grunwald. I’m coming from Michigan. The question’s intentionally broad since I’m curious about everything: must-try experiences, daily life, culture, etc.

  • Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    13 days ago

    You greet a Bavarian with “Grüß Gott” (good luck pronouncing that one correctly) or “Servus”.

    First word rhymes with “goose”, second is pronounced as it looks? That’s what my decades-rusty language skills are telling me, at least.

    • Menschlicher_Fehler@feddit.org
      2·
      13 days ago

      “Gruß” rhymes with “Goose”, yes. But you have to pronounce the Ü in “Grüß”. U and Ü are not the same letter. I cant think of any phonetic example in the english language to explain how to ponounce it.

      The second word you can just pronounce like the english word “Got”, yes.

      • bob_lemon@feddit.org
        2·
        13 days ago

        Ü is fairly simple to “construct”. The tongue position is like in “ee” (like in geese), but the lips are pointed like in “oo” (like goose).