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How do you pronounce 'Rilke'?

_Boboss

10:00 / 21.08.03

i mean,

does it rhyme with 'milky' ?

or is it more like 'rye-kuh' ?

or 'ry-ee-kuh', ? or 'ry-ee-kee' ?

because i have to read a bit by him at a wedding and i don't want to just scream and run away should anyone later ask. help me out pronunciation gang, i need you more than ever.

Kit-Cat Club

10:02 / 21.08.03

Ril-kuh, emphasis on the first syllable.

We're The Great Old Ones Now

10:23 / 21.08.03

Preferably with a gargled 'r' - not a trilled one, as in Spanish, but a gargled one, as if you were growling like Austin Powers seeing Miss Kensington in tight trousers for the first time.

_Boboss

10:35 / 21.08.03

thanks pronunciation gang, you're the bollocks.

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