People with silly and / or stupid names

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Oliver Schick in reply to @Brommers

Er what? Why isn't it pronounced as the German name and rhymes with 'Loch'*?

* No filthy joke intended here, even though "Loch" means 'hole' in German.

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Brommers in reply to @Oliver Schick

Well, that's not how he says it. Schweizerdeutsch rather than proper Deutsch might be a factor. There's a hint of a burr on the final syllable but it's definitely more -ck than -ch with a rasp.

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Oliver Schick in reply to @Brommers

Ah, OK. I don't know Schwyzrdütsch very well, but is it perhaps more of a -kch, i.e. a 'k' followed by the fricative?

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