Re: Rhys Ifans! Welsh fans, another pronunciation pop question
| From: | Rene Uittenbogaard <ruittenb@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, November 29, 2004, 2:03 |
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Steg Belsky wrote:
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> On Nov 27, 2004, at 2:13 PM, Michael Poxon wrote:
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> > (b) Pronouncing the "ui" of Dutch as English "eye" so that
> > 'Kluivert' comes out as 'Klyvert'
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> It's not pronounced like that?
> That's how we pronounce the New York place-name "Spuyten Duyvil", the
> historical figure (and neighborhood and school named after him)
> Stuyvesant, and i'm sure other names that i can't think of at the
> moment.
In Dutch it is pronounced as [9y], so Kluivert ['kl9yv@rt]
René Uittenbogaard [,9ytEn'boXart]
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