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Originally posted by Naphtali:
When I took German at St. Louis University, my teacher, Christoph Kaiser, was from München (Munich). My "R" pronunciation is a glottal one. Recently, I watched "The Third Man" and noticed the "R" was pronounced as a trill. Have I observed correctly that Austrians trill "R" while Germans use a glottal "R"?

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Originally posted by sputster:
When I was visiting Salzburg the tour guide told me that in days gone by Bavarians and Austrians got along better than Bavarians and Prussians, er I mean Germans. Ah, hell, Prussians.

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Originally posted by sputster:
When I was visiting Salzburg the tour guide told me that in days gone by Bavarians and Austrians got along better than Bavarians and Prussians, er I mean Germans. Ah, hell, Prussians.

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Originally posted by jeffeosso:

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Originally posted by sputster:
When I was visiting Salzburg the tour guide told me that in days gone by Bavarians and Austrians got along better than Bavarians and Prussians, er I mean Germans. Ah, hell, Prussians.

We are Prussians, if definable.. though i am from peasant stock on that side, not junker