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I took a picture of a sparrow once. They’re called Spatz in German. In my local dialect, they’re called “Spotz” ʃpɔts in english it’s pronounced like “shpowts” - which is one of the words used for penis as well. Picture in German is Bild and in the local dialect it’s “büdl” ˈbʏdl in English pronounced like “boodle” (you have no pronunciation for ü).

So in my local dialect, a sparrow-pic is pronounced the same as a dick-pick.

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Little8Lost@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Here, have some unsolitised tits and boobys
OIP.YwA_KFIKSzEnaKokBxYZ-AHaHa
OIP.0QMfZtr7hYGgtXZG5GF6ZgHaE8

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- Nikls94@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Those are some nice tits and boobys.
  
  Looking at them really makes my
  
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  - Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    sadly i’m just a
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  - prex@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    My little bustard is jealous
    
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- AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Woah woah woah! At least post some SFW Boobies!
  
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Test_Tickles@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Your spotz is adorable! So short and fluffy!

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waz@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
We kind of do have a pronunciation of ü The cornish town Bude, would be pronounced by locals as “Büd” It’s how I explained to my kids how to handle umlaut words, if it was the English word “lane“ imagine it’s spelled ‘laen’ and then get rid of the e to make ‘län’. It’s rare but some English words still use æ as a sound not a pair of letters. Spelæological for caving for instance. Often simplified to speleological.

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- TheRealKuni@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I feel like it’s easier to tell English speakers to make an “eee” sound with their lips and then pronounce the vowel in question (ä, ö, ü) with the rest of their mouth (at least that’s how we do it in choral German).
  
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