Cultures/Groups: Okay, random Q. How do you pronounce "Neanderthal"?

[G-Girl95]

I was fighting with my friend over Facebook. She pronounces it the way it's spelled, I pronounce it like it's spelled "Neandertal'. So who exactly is right?

[Jennifer JenJen]

ne-an-der-thal

[dj]

Knee And Er Tall, according to the scientific community.

[anon]

nee-an-der-thawl

[Timmy]

I pronounce it
"cave man"

[C]

Knee ann der thall XD

[Mark]

"Knee and er thal" but the original German pronunciation is knee an der tall ("Thal" means "valley", so it really means "Neander Valley").

[Stefano]

It's German, you pronounce it nee-an-der-tal

@Mark, Neanderthals were named after the the site of their discovery, which was Neander's Valley.

edit-No one named Neander, like Joachim Neander? Who'd they name Neander's Valley after then?

[Erik]

Knee-ann-der-tall.
LOL @ Stefano, Mark is correct about them being named after the Neander valley. There was no one named Neander you moron.

[El Marxista]

thal is the English pronunciation, tal is the German pronunciation