At the gas station: Nummer sex / Ich zahle Nummer sex
At the post shop: sex Briefmarken / Ich möchte sex Briefmarken
In the office: Q: How many XY do you want? A: sex Stück / sex Kopien / sex Teile / sex XY / ...
Just never say the number alone and the problem is gone. That's how I do it in order to avoid any double meaning. I am Swiss and pronounce it both ways, either "sex" or "sächs".
Or indeed when it is humid "Schwül".
I disagree, High German sechs is pronunced closer to "zex" and is feminine, whereas sex is pronounced like the English "sex" and is masculine.
They do in Ticino and Italy!
Tom
Kudos for the effort to pronounce correctly, however I would advise that you should not be bothered by prude jack@rses who smirk at the word sex ( I say that even though I might be one of those j....ses )
it really is not such a taboo word
ä Vogel is singular and V ö gel are plural
Why did I get a groan for this?
this reminds me of a question from a Spanish friend asking me the difference between ship and sheep :-)
'ch' is pronounced more guttural from the back of the throat.
..or my Berner lab colleagues who can't distinguish between stirring and steering
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Uhhhhhh do I love to order SEX BUNS in a german /swiss delicatessen store .female only of course My wife just told me I am nuts
Just try to get a native Italian speaker to say 'Earl'!
(or squirrel, girl, or pearl)
Tom
Thanks all. For now on, I will try to remember to pronounce sechs as zaechs .
Gotta be careful with the word Schwül. I asked my cousin once, bish Schwül? He turned around and punched me in the face. Apparently, Schwul (without umlaut) is a derogatory word for homosexuals
If you find a hole in a ship you're fscked, whereas if you find a hole in a sheep...?
In German speaking areas, never refer to a female fox, using the English name.
Nice cousin
Why, what's wrong with vixen?
Tom