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Old 27 June 2009, 11:11 AM #2 (permalink)
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Got this from a sometime Forumite who's Down Undah:

it's a bit hard to write for English phonemes. The oe suggests the o-umlaut (ö) and is pronounced as if you are going to say "bug" but pushing your tongue slightly forward to your bottom teeth and making a small round aperture with your lips (sounds kinky, I know). Now to the 'gk' - this might be a dialect spelling, but it is useful to note that in some areas, the end 'k' sound is almost a 'g' or soft 'kh' - so it wil be as if you are saying the 'g' sound as at the beginning of the redneck-y word "git."

I'm beginning to think that "Hey you" is a whole lot easier.
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