The word “lox” hasn't changed in sound or meaning in 8k years

Re:The word “lox” hasn't changed in sound or meaning in 8k y... by anyfoo on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @10:04PM (#19915776)

There are (at least?) three different ways "ch" can be pronounced in German: Throaty as in "Buch", a slightly altered "sh" sound like in "Bücher", and just as plain "k", like in "Lachs".

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Re:The word “lox” hasn't changed in sound or meaning in 8k y... by posterboy on Thursday May 16, 2019 @02:52PM (#19931819)

I was very surprised to see wiktionaries phonetic transcription and sound sample of "Buch", apparently it is not throaty everywhere.

It's a /k/ in all "-achs", e.g. "Dachs", "wachsen", "Flachs", exactly as in "bochs" the emulator (compare "boxen"), except across boundaries, e.g. "wachsam, wach-sam" (wakeful, at guard), or contractions, e.g. "[Meister seines].Faches/Fachs".

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