There is a (sort of) rule, that C before I and E is pronounced like T-S
(or S in France, I guess),
but before other vocals like K (as in coffee).
So for us in Germany, CICS as t-s-icks is logical.
Kind regards
Bernd
Am 17.03.2023 um 21:10 schrieb Bernd Oppolzer:
not exactly "six" ... more like "tsix", the first letter sounds like a
Z in Germany,
a letter T followed by a letter S.
It comes to my mind that most other languages don't pronounce the
letter Z this way,
only we Germans do ... the other (like French and English) simply say S.
For example zebra. How do you pronounce it? The word is the same in
all three languages, I guess ...
We say t-s-ebra.
Nice ...
Kind regards
Bernd
Am 17.03.2023 um 20:36 schrieb René Jansen:
I’ve heard Germans say ‘six’; in Dutch we say ‘kicks’ like the Brits.
René
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