hard_to_pronounce epitome of incomprehensibility "Manchmal" in German (it means "sometimes") if that "ch" is supposed to be a palatal fricative like the "ch" in "ich". I just can't seem to make that sound between an n and an m. It always comes out like "manshmal" instead. 251025 ... raze my_middle_name_is, apparently. maybe it's the spelling that gives everyone fits. i can count the people who've nailed_it on the fingers of one hand, and two of them are the man and woman who made me. 251026 ... e_o_i That one doesn't seem at all difficult to say, but I might not get it right the first time just by looking at the letters (is it more like Karl or Karol or ka-RELL?) But if you told me, I'd remember. I think it's only fair to make an effort to pronounce names how the name-havers pronounce them. 251027 ... e_o_i So let's just hope there isn't anyone named sometimes in German. (Enter stage right: a person named "Sometimes in German"...) 251027 what's it to you? who go blather from