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SapperInTexas t1_j6t3fdi wrote

If I tried to pronounce that, I would get yelled at for chewing with my mouth open.

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SagariKatu t1_j6tfayu wrote

It's actually forbidden to go there until you can pronounce the name.

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utterlyuncool t1_j6to2p4 wrote

Nice try demon, I'm not pronouncing that and summoning you.

No, really, how do you pronounce š and s one after another. My tongue hurts.

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LowerBed5334 t1_j6topco wrote

It's very beautiful. I think it's connected to the Elbsandsteingebirge in Germany, I've been there a few times but seriously want to visit the Czech region 👍🏼👍🏼

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14ers4days t1_j6u4xj5 wrote

I'm hitting up CZ next summer for a music festival and will be spending an extra few days. I will add this to my list of things to do!

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IndyCarFAN27 t1_j6u9mzi wrote

If you think this is hard, tram pronouncing Jíndřišska. I was in Prague riding on the tram and it’s the name of one of the stops. And for the remainder of my stay I couldn’t stay repeating it to myself trying to pronounce it correctly…

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Western-Image7125 t1_j6uq8vk wrote

I tried to say it out loud and my coworker asked me if I was speaking parseltongue

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jillyhoop t1_j6v52wk wrote

Looks a little like the Black Hills of South Dakota.

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dommyboyrulez t1_j6v6xpb wrote

This looks like a scene out of Horizon Zero Dawn.

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hypnos_surf t1_j6v7tqi wrote

I feel like I need an imp to say that name backwards to banish him to the 5th dimension.

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Mega-Steve t1_j6v99q6 wrote

It's like someone is trying to speak on the phone while tumbling down an escalator

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mudbuster t1_j6vss4i wrote

I was there a few years ago and they are even more beautiful than on this photo!

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EstocoImo t1_j6vtm0q wrote

Nice and this sub needs more content from central and Eastern Europe.

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grepe t1_j6vwj9b wrote

Climbing on those things is one of the most amazing and surreal experiences a climber can do. Especially if the ring to belay down from is on the neighbouring tower only...

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dkarlovi t1_j6w3e79 wrote

You separate them into own syllables so they're not really together when you're pronouncing them. Croatian does the same thing, for example "najgori" (the worst) has "jg" together, but when pronouncing, you'd say naj-gori, not na-jg-ori.

I can pronounce this now, like:

Adr-špaš-skote-plicke.

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suvlub t1_j6w5m22 wrote

It's not that hard, you just go letter by letter and sound it out. I get the impression that anglophones are oddly bad at doing this, probably because English has stupidly irregular spelling rules and is frankly a crime against the latin alphabet.

Adr like the beginning of "address", but pronouncing the "a" as it is in languages that aren't English ("ah")

špaš = shpash. Kinda like "splash", but starts with another "sh", without "l" (thus actually simpler?) and again, "a" like a proper Roman

The rest should be straightforward. "c" makes a "ts" sound and the ´s make the vowel longer.

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LaunderingAlbatross t1_j6w7aor wrote

Man, I can't believe they stole my auto generated password when they were naming this place

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iLiveWithBatman t1_j6w877k wrote

>The č is ts, not ch,

"ch" is the closest sound to "č" in English. (like in the word "check")

"ts" is usually how you'd transcribe Czech "c".

It's not that difficult to pronounce "adršpašskoteplické", I just did it fairly easily.

(and I don't know anyone who calls it that, it's called either Adršpach, or Český ráj.)

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amazingmakii t1_j6w8zgz wrote

i love adršpach so much! my family used to live really close so we'd go there at least twice a year and it was always amazing. these days it's extremely crowded tho, shame

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Conscious_Pickle3605 t1_j6w95in wrote

Sorry, you're right about that-- I was referring to c, not č, since c is what is written in the original post, but for some reason I wrote č here which is indeed ch. (Nicely confusing since "ch" in Czech is gutteral!) Is it actually čke at the end of the word?

Ahoj :)

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ShadowMadness t1_j6wag6w wrote

I can’t even begin to figure out how to pronounce that but cool pic

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Ascomae t1_j6wb2i3 wrote

Looks like old fairy tale movies have been made there.

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mrbean760 t1_j6wc7q4 wrote

Guys i accidentally summoned demon trying to pronounce the title what do i do

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whataTyphoon t1_j6weqf4 wrote

tbh, for me as an Austrian it's no easy either, despite pronouncing the letters the same. It's the many consonants in comparison that makes it hard. And the Háčeks.

Adršpach is Adersbach in Germam for example. Teplice/Teplitz is easier, altough I was never sure if you pronounce the "c" as "ts" or "tsch".

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suvlub t1_j6wgde0 wrote

Even if you try to read it slowly? German does have words with similarly long consonant combos, like "Durchschnitt" (which looks even scarier, though in terms of actual sounds, its r-ch-sch-n, if I'm not mistaken, which is 4 constants, same as "dršp")

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hopopo t1_j6wgebt wrote

Slav here. WTF kind the name is this?

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GlazedDonutGloryHole t1_j6wjkfk wrote

That whole area really is something else. We rented a cute little cabin inside the national park and hiked the Sunday Gulch trail, did the Harney Peak loop into the Sylvan Lake loop, and drove through the Needle highway and nature bypass route to get real close to roaming Buffalo and a little gopher town.

I've been all over the USA but South Dakota is one of my favorite states besides Maine. The lack of people really helps!

I totally get you on wishing it was easier to visit. It's been my goal for awhile now to make it over to Europe and spend a couple weeks between Italy, Slovenia, and Croatia but the pandemic really threw a wrench in those plans. I hope you get the chance someday to make it over here :)

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xaelis t1_j6wmq4t wrote

Impressive and beautiful !!!

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TopolCZ t1_j6wni4b wrote

So you had to jump to the other tower?
I spend a lot of time in rock cities, often off the tourist road and on drugs, but I don't climb, and I would be paralyzed with fear if I had to jump between two tall towers (I mean, it depends on how far apart they are, but still...)

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lexiearrieta t1_j6wrp16 wrote

This looks like a Waystone (referenced from The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss). In the book, its said that if you enter it during a full moon, you pass over to the land of the fae

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Aleblanco1987 t1_j6wtvnp wrote

If you look closely, you can see Adam Ondra climbing in the back

/s

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DerAlphos t1_j6wuiad wrote

I feel like setting my campfire up right there. And my hammock a few steps into these rocks.

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lirva1 t1_j6wyoi6 wrote

This whole thread is fun to read.

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mgerics t1_j6wzcsa wrote

when I travel, I'll Czech this out...

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tallgirlmom t1_j6xbk73 wrote

I loved climbing there, because there were so many natural hand grips and little holes to stick feet into. And the rock is soft. Much unlike the nasty finger-eating granite I climbed in Joshua Tree in later years.

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grepe t1_j6yseyu wrote

Honestly, jumping between the towers may be the least scary part of the climb. This is not typical rock climbing with anchor point every 2m or so... there are rules in place that state they cannot be closer than 5m from each other and most paths have max 2 (one in the middle and one on top, sometimes only the one on top).

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biges_low t1_j71fpth wrote

Morphed german word Ebersbach -> Boar stream. During centuries it morphed into Adršpach (Eber -> Adr + sbach -> špach) as it was easier for Czechs to pronounce.

Adršpašský is second case (nominativ) of Adršpach.

Teplický is second case of Teplice (Teplitz/Tauplitz) -> coming from czech "teplý" -> hot/warm. Teplice was expression used for hot/warm springs/streams (there are few spa cities called like that).

Adršpach and Teplice are towns between which there rocks are located -> therefore Adršpašskoteplické skály :)

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