On 15/05/2018 09:13, David Rance wrote:
On Mon, 14 May 2018 23:13:54 Vir Campestris wrote:

On 14/05/2018 22:34, David Rance wrote:
Â*No, it depends on the word. Fuchs (fox) is pronounced "fooks" but
the "ch" in "Achtung" is pronounced like the Scottish "loch". To be
pedantic, "fooks" has a shorter "oo" sound than in English.

If that's correct it must be a regional accent.

Not at all. I am talking about "Hochdeutsch" pronunciation.

SWMBO disagrees. That's with a degree in languages.

A degree in languages doesn't necessarily teach one about pronunciation.
I have a degree in music. That doesn't mean that I can play a musical
instrument. I can, of course, but I didn't study that as part of my
degree course.

OTOH the inhabitants of their capital really do say "ish bin ein
Berliner"... not Ich as I'd have expected...

Actually they would say, "Ich bin Berliner."

"Ich bin ein Berliner" was a famous gaff by JFK. ("I am a doughnut!")

.... and _my_ German is no better than JFKs.
I'm out of my depth here though. Even though I read fuchs-eeta and
phew-shia... but googling I found this

https://forvo.com/word/fuchs/#de

Which seems to back you up. Do you have any other examples of similar words?

Andy