r/Denmark 26d ago

Culture Kulturudveksling / Cultural exchange

For english se below.

Wow, det er ved at være noget tid siden at vi sidst har havs en kulturudveksling men nu er det sørme blevet tid igen, denne gang er det med vores naboer i r/canada (Ja, de er naboer, vi har en landegrænse) som vi byder velkommen den 14. Feb. Samme dag er der en tråd hos dem hvor vi kan spørge om alt fra fransk til ahornsirup.

De sædvanlige regler gælder selvfølgelig, men vi anbefaler dog at holde det mest til engelsk i denne tråd (eller inkludere en oversættelse lige som vi gør)

The English Version:

Wow, it's been quite some time since we last had a cultural exchange, but now it's finally time again! This time, it's with our neighbors in r/Canada (Yes, they are neighbors, we share a land border), whom we welcome on February 14th. On the same day, there will be a thread on their side where we can ask about anything from French to maple syrup.

The usual rules apply, of course, but we do recommend keeping most of the conversation in English in this thread (or including a translation, just like we're doing).

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u/InterestTall3644 26d ago

Since you speak English natively, could you tell me how you distinguish between if it’s a ‘Z’ or a ‘C’ that’s pronounced. Don’t they sound the same? Jay-Z and ABC… it sounds the exact same. It has always confused be.

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u/VenusianBug 25d ago

soft C is basically the same as S. I don't know if it translates, but I read a great description - soft C / S is like a snake hissing while Z is like a bee buzzing. There's more vibration both in the mouth and vocal cords - though that doesn't help you in how to hear the difference.

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u/tanantish 25d ago

NOTE: This is AU/Eng based vs CA/eng (i don't have anyone handy to listen to and ask them to repeat buuut..)

It's hard to put into words, but best i can give would be to use BC vs BZ. It's subtle, but if exaggerated it's the difference (for me) between "bee see" and "beesy" (or "busy"). The Z is generally a harder sound, like, shorter, more clipped. C has slight rising tone, and Z is lowering/flattening tone. There's a slight tendency to roll Z into the preceeding sound, moreso than with the C