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Furthermore if you need to go to dialect at all you must know, that a Bavarian would pronounce "Danke" rather like "donkey" and end up with something like "donkey shane". But why bother at all: the pronunciation in the song is near enough, as are German attempts at pronouncing "th" or "w" - we all do our best, and there is no harm in letting ...
"Danke Schoen" (/ ˈ d ɑː ŋ k ə ʃ eɪ n / DAHNG-kə shayn, German: [ˈdaŋkə ʃøːn] ⓘ) is a pop song of German origin, whose title translates to English as "Thank you very much". Bert Kaempfert , who composed the melody, recorded it as an instrumental, in 1959 and later in 1962, under the title "Candlelight Cafe".
Alternative spellings include Schon and Schoen. Notable people with the surname include: Adolf Schön (1906–1987), German cyclist; Alfred Schön (born 1962), German football player and manager; Andreas Schön (born 1989), German footballer; Donald Schön (1930–1997), American philosopher; Douglas Schoen (born 1953), American political analyst
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