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Fun fact: The correct German pronunciation of “Kant” isn’t like “can’t”, but like “cunt”.



In American pronunciation. In British, "can't" sounds close to Kant in German, but with a longer a.


The length of the “a” is what I was alluding to. The British pronunciation still wouldn’t be mistaken for the German one.


Even more fun anecdote, barely related.

In a recent South Africa vs England rugby match, an accusation of racism was levied against an SA player because he directed the phrase "white cunt" to one of the English players.

If Afrikaans, the word "kant" (pronounced 'cunt') means "side". "Wit" is "white".

So when he said "wit kant" he really meant "white side". England traditionally wears white livery, South Africa wears green. So it was the "wit kant" vs the "groen kant".

Hilarity and much confusion ensued for a while after that accusation!


Hmm. Funny but not really right. The ‘a’ is as in ‘car’.


there was once a small radical artis gallery in Edinburgh (as a part of the The Forest, when it existed as a 4-floor social centre) called "Total Kunst"

(which is, in part, a play on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesamtkunstwerk, or "total art")


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