It gets confusing after a while

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

Yeah, but one of my professors told me that it is pronounced "Alltimer's" because that's the German pronunciation. If anyone here speaks German, does "zh" make an American "t" sound? Because I didn't buy it, but hey, I don't speak German.

Originally Posted by jennie3576

My mom, who is Polish (came here from Poland in 1964) had to learn German when she was in grade school. She says it's more like a "tz" sound - all-tzy-mers. But, she also says she left Poland so long ago, so her memory may be a little shoddy.

Your grandmother is close to right, Jennie, and your professor is wrong, cg. Z in German is pronounced "ts" (like in Mozart) so that it's ALTS-highm-ers. (The z and the h would be in two different syllables -- Alz-heim-ers.)

At least, based on standard German pronunciation, that is probably how Herr Doktor Alois Alzheimer said it.

[honeychile]

I'm in geriatrics, and I was told the ALTS-high-mers pronounciation, too. But when someone is in the full throes of the disease and meets you at the door in nothing but knee socks, the pronounciation is the last thing on your mind.

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Your grandmother is close to right, Jennie, and your professor is wrong, cg. Z in German is pronounced "ts" (like in Mozart) so that it's ALTS-highm-ers. (The z and the h would be in two different syllables -- Alz-heim-ers.)

That's what I figured. See, who says the professor knows everything?

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Your grandmother is close to right, Jennie, and your professor is wrong, cg. Z in German is pronounced "ts" (like in Mozart) so that it's ALTS-highm-ers. (The z and the h would be in two different syllables -- Alz-heim-ers.)

At least, based on standard German pronunciation, that is probably how Herr Doktor Alois Alzheimer said it.

I should have read ahead - LOL.

[jennie3576]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Your grandmother is close to right, Jennie, and your professor is wrong, cg. Z in German is pronounced "ts" (like in Mozart) so that it's ALTS-highm-ers. (The z and the h would be in two different syllables -- Alz-heim-ers.)

At least, based on standard German pronunciation, that is probably how Herr Doktor Alois Alzheimer said it.

thanks for clearing it all up for everyone! i promise i won't tell my mom you called her my grandmother, MysticCat!!!!!!

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by jennie3576

i promise i won't tell my mom you called her my grandmother, MysticCat!!!!!!

Ach! Verzeihung!

(Can I wuss out and claim that some days I read German better than I read English? )

[jennie3576]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Ach! Verzeihung!

(Can I wuss out and claim that some days I read German better than I read English? )

i don't read german at all....but somedays I feel the same exact way!!!!!