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Re:The word “lox” hasn't changed in sound or meaning in 8k y... by yorwba on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @05:14AM (#19917641)
The General American pronunciation of lox is /lɑks/ [1], the Standard German pronunciation of Lachs is /laks/ [2]. Those vowels are not the same; the American one is further back. In other dialects of English, it would also be rounded and/or less open.

[1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lox#English

[2] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lachs#German

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Re:The word “lox” hasn't changed in sound or meaning in 8k y... by microtherion on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @01:33PM (#19921771)
And the dictionary of the Swiss German language (which in many ways resembles Yiddish more than Standard German does), says that the spelling used to be "Lächs", which probably means that the vowel used to be brighter than it is today: https://digital.idiotikon.ch/idtkn/id3.htm#!page/31041/mode/...
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