Talk:Pilsner Urquell/Archives/2015

Etymology

The German name "Pilsner Urquell" is a literal translation of the Czech name "Plzensky Prazdroj". The prefix Ur- means the same as Czech Pra-, something which is very very old, which was here before the civilization. It might also mean an origin of something. Unfortunately I dont think English has any equivalent to this. Compare Wald/les/forest with Urwald/prales/primaeval forest. So I would prefer to translate Prazdroj/Urquell as a "old source" rather than "original source". Ironically if you translate name of the beer brand from Prague (Staropramen) into German or English, you will end up with the same word - Urquell/old source. What a coincidence! 17:41, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

  Originally, "Plzensky Prazdroj" is a literal translation of "Pilsner Urquell"   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.245.80.166 (talk) 18:08, 26 March 2009 (UTC) 

I've taken a stab at a slight copyedit; we have the same words in Afrikaans (being a Germanic language too), so I've tried to keep the meaning intact. Dewet 15:17, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

I think that some guidance with pronunciation is appropriate here. I'm not exactly sure how "Urquell" ought to be prounuced in this usage, but I think it's something like: ooohr-KWell. Many Americans who are used to Spanish pronunciations say uhr-KELL, and might even think it's a spanish word, I think.

I'm not a native German speaker, but I like to think I can pronounce German. It's definitely "kwell", not "kell". JIP | Talk 18:45, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

What exactly does the Chapelle Show have to do with Pilsner Urquell? I'm removing the link to 'Samuel Jackson Beer'

The latest changes have changed the POV to that of the Pilzner Urquell with use of the word ''we''. It should be changed to a third person reference.--CSvBibra 14:59, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

I have removed that part, and the contact details, from the article. JIP | Talk 17:53, 5 April 2007 (UTC)