Talk:Joseph Goebbels

Gerbbels

There should be a pronunciation key since his name is pronounced like the aforementioned way, and not the phonetic way.
Blindman shady 05:40, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

This is, I am afraid, the German way.--Anthony.bradbury 16:51, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

I always said it. Go-Bills or Go-Balls Gavin Scott 21:49, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

I know it is German, but there is no pronunciation key and there should be.
Blindman shady 18:35, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Blindman makes a very good point. IPA may look fancy and is technically very correct, but very few can actually interpret it correctly. Hardly an ideal situation.

Peter ^Isotalo 04:42, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Find an online German dictionary that will pronounce it for you. I can tell you that "Gurbels" is a rctarded pronunciation. It's more like Goobels where the double-O makes the same sound as a in look or hook. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.243.21.187 (talk) 04:23, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

The R should be taken out of the phonetic rendering. The German Ö (or OE) is pronounced like the I in 'bird' without the R-coloring. If you find that sound complicated, U as in 'but' is also pretty close. But there is definitely no R in 'Goebbels', at least not in the German pronunciation of the name. 80.79.32.43 (talk) 15:07, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Above comment is correct. Suggesting that the hard "r" should be included in the english pronunciation is enforcing what is sadly an already common and stupid mistake. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.220.13.2 (talk) 19:33, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

1937 attempted suicide

Which "Goebbels" attempted suicide in 1937, Joseph or Magda? Drutt (talk) 10:31, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

"Genocide of the holocaust" =

Is it worded odd? --24.61.49.27 (talk) 05:15, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Pronunciation

How does someone pronounce /ˈɡɜrbəlz/ in English??? It's right there in the first line. I'm a native English speaking person but I'm confused. Is this word pronounced phonetically as in "Ga-Three-Ar-Be-rotated-E-L-Z" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.58.247.77 (talk) 16:34, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Answered my own question - the international phonetic alphabet: /ˈɡɜrbəlz/in English is pronounced as if it was spelled "Gsbalz". Yes. That's the correct translation from what the article states. No surprise that wikipedia gets it wrong again. Unless there's a rule that states, "'3 after G is pronounced as 'o' instead of 's'". See? I can be a wikipedia admin too... I can tell you what's wrong, criticize and complain, earn barn-stars from other sociopaths, but not bother to help fix it!!!

Citations Need to be of Higher Quality - Possible promotion for books?

Here is an example (I have not done a run through all, feel free to check others)

His propaganda techniques were totally cynical: "That propaganda is good which leads to success, and that is bad which fails to achieve the desired result," he wrote. "It is not propaganda’s task to be intelligent, its task is to lead to success."[21]

So [21], leads to, Fest, "The Face of the Third Reich" which in itself actually cites Reese, "Case of Rudolf Hess".

Now looking at Reese I cannot get a match for the above claim. Should this be sourced properly or cleaned up? It seems a disservice to the article not to cite original material.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.239.45.130 (talk) 04:45, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

why not Göbbels ??

The wikipedia article is Göring. Why then we have Goebbels written without umlaut? Oe is another way to write ö, in german.