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Re: CHAT: F.L.O.E.S.

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Friday, February 27, 2004, 16:21
Quoting Carlos Thompson <chlewey@...>:

> Hmmm, some Colombian Spanish pronunciation of foreign words... > > some might be transparent... some other less so. > > i'kea
IKEA
> ka4a'oke
karaoke
>ha4a'kiri
harakiri
>ike'Bana
???
> tunel'bana
tunnelbana (did you borrow this from _Swedish_?!?)
> tSow
show
> rre'no(l)
Renault
> 'masda
Mazda
> 'tSeB4ole(t)
Chevrolet
> ford
Ford
> to'j\ota
Toyota
> 'onda
Honda
> bols'baGen
Volkswagen.
> rrols'rrojs
Rolls Royce
> ma'j\ami
Miami
> 'gwatSinton
Washington
> tSi'kago
Chicago
> 'liBerpul
Liverpool
> tSaN'gaj
Shanghai
> 'sidnej
Sydney
> buS
Bush
> bleir
Blair
> es'rreder
Schröder
> tSi'4ak
Chirac
> pu'tin
Putin
> no'Bel
Nobel
> ka'Bul
Kabul
> islama'Bat
Islamabad
> pjon'j\an (pjon'j\aNg)
Pyongyang
> gweb
web
> eks'plo4er
Explorer
> gword
Word
> majk4o'sof
Microsoft
> 'linuks
Linux
> 'gwindos
Windows
> maws
Mouse
> owt'sorsin
Outsourcing
> 'lisin ('lisiNg)
Leasing
> no'haw
Know-how
> gud'gwil
Goodwill
> 'rrowter
router
> switS
Switch
> hob
job? hub?
> 'eternet
Ethernet
> frejmrri'lej
Frame relay (whatever that means)
> ek'sel
Excel
> 'hargwar
Hardware
> 'sofgwar
Software
> 'tSekspjer
Shakespear
> 'klinton
Clinton
>'rrigan
Reagan
> 'tatSer
Thatcher
> mite'rran
Mitterand
> a4is'tid
Aristide
> da'eGwu
Daegu
> bel'sawt
???
> 'nokja
Nokia
> 'e4ikson
Ericsson
> moto'4ola
Motorola
> 'samsun
Samsung
> 'soni
Sony
> pana'sonik
Panasonic
> 'hjulet 'pakar (atSe'pe)
Hewlett-Packard/HP
> 'kompak
Compaq
> 'gwiliams
Williams (some company of that name I should know of?)
> fe'rra4i
Ferrari
>mak'la4en
MacLearen (probably misspelt that)
> tSu'maher
Schuhmacher
> ba4i'kelo
???
> 'kulhar
???
> rraj'konen
???
> 't4uli
truly?
> 'buton
???
> 'sato
???
> fisi'kela
???
> 'sawBer
???
> 'jaGwar
Jaguar
> mi'nardi
???
>'hjundaj
Hyundai (what's the real pronunciation - their Swedish ads say [hondaj], which seems to sensible given the pronunciation)
>'kia
???
> pe'j\o
???
> 'awDi
Audi
> si't4oen
Citroën
> daj'hat.su (formerly: da'j\at.su)
???
> 'fiat
Fiat
> mit.su'bitSi
Mitsubishi
> 'nisan
Nissan
> su'Ba4u
Subaru
> 'bolbo
Volvo Andreas

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