Hey, Muckefuck, I just stumbled across this old entry of yours. (Btw, do a lot of people realize that your nickname is actually anything BUT offensive..?) To clear up the pronunciation thing: in German it would be -tjee (like in French), but in Vienna, it would rhyme with "das Tier", with the "t" actually going more towards "d". I assume it would be that way all over Austria. I LOVE AUSTRIAN GERMAN. I´ve worked in Vienna on several occasions and it´s just so fascinating, because we (Germans) tend to take it for granted that Austrians speak the same language, but it´s so different! Basically, all everyday objects have different names. Very often, Austrians know the German version and help out, and we picked up quickly, but at first, it was surprising how different it was, and how little I had known about that...
pronunciation
To clear up the pronunciation thing: in German it would be -tjee (like in French), but in Vienna, it would rhyme with "das Tier", with the "t" actually going more towards "d". I assume it would be that way all over Austria.
I LOVE AUSTRIAN GERMAN. I´ve worked in Vienna on several occasions and it´s just so fascinating, because we (Germans) tend to take it for granted that Austrians speak the same language, but it´s so different! Basically, all everyday objects have different names. Very often, Austrians know the German version and help out, and we picked up quickly, but at first, it was surprising how different it was, and how little I had known about that...