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SapperInTexas t1_j6t3fdi wrote

If I tried to pronounce that, I would get yelled at for chewing with my mouth open.

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piranhakiler t1_j6tlh7m wrote

I’m Czech and I have problem to pronounce it.

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Fulid t1_j6u6hxl wrote

It looks hard, but its easy (for Czech speaker). Just say the name of the city Adršpach and then city of Teplice. And then put it together.

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munchkickin t1_j6td2qg wrote

I saw this post and was like, “how do you even say that???”

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suvlub t1_j6w5m22 wrote

It's not that hard, you just go letter by letter and sound it out. I get the impression that anglophones are oddly bad at doing this, probably because English has stupidly irregular spelling rules and is frankly a crime against the latin alphabet.

Adr like the beginning of "address", but pronouncing the "a" as it is in languages that aren't English ("ah")

špaš = shpash. Kinda like "splash", but starts with another "sh", without "l" (thus actually simpler?) and again, "a" like a proper Roman

The rest should be straightforward. "c" makes a "ts" sound and the ´s make the vowel longer.

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whataTyphoon t1_j6weqf4 wrote

tbh, for me as an Austrian it's no easy either, despite pronouncing the letters the same. It's the many consonants in comparison that makes it hard. And the Háčeks.

Adršpach is Adersbach in Germam for example. Teplice/Teplitz is easier, altough I was never sure if you pronounce the "c" as "ts" or "tsch".

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suvlub t1_j6wgde0 wrote

Even if you try to read it slowly? German does have words with similarly long consonant combos, like "Durchschnitt" (which looks even scarier, though in terms of actual sounds, its r-ch-sch-n, if I'm not mistaken, which is 4 constants, same as "dršp")

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LojZza88 t1_j6x9320 wrote

Wait until you get to the places with "ř" in their name. That's when the fun begins!

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whoopsea t1_j6w1qhg wrote

Just say bohemian paradise, everyone will know where you mean.

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amazingmakii t1_j6w8w1m wrote

except adršpach isn't in the bohemian paradise. there are other rock cities in there (prachovské skály, hrubá skála etc.) but adršpach is close to the border with poland

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