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

From: "Tristan McLeay" <kesuari@...>
Subject: Re: F.L.O.E.S.


> --- Carlos Thompson <chlewey@...> wrote:
> > I have noticed that when I give my name in the
> > middle of a sentence in
> > English, I attempt an English
> > pronunciation/entonation of Carlos
> > ["k_h&rl@s].  Similarly when speaking in Swedish I
> > attempt a Swedish
> > pronunciation/entonation ["k_hA:l`os] (with first
> > tone).  In Spanish is, of
> > course ["karlos] (unaspirated [k]), sillably timed
> > and so on.  I could also
> > go for [tSArlz] and [k_hA:l`].  (well, I am not sure
> > on the exact
> > transcription, but that is the idea).
>
> ["k_h&rl@s] seems mighty odd, THB. It sounds like an
> American saying 'careless'. I would say and expect
> your name to be said as the equivalent of [k_ha:lOs]
> (so in AmE I guess [k_hAr\lAs].
Or to an American, [k_h&rl@s] sounds like an Irishman saying "careless".
It's [kErlIs] around my way.
R has a funny way of changing preceding vowels in English, so that "Carlos"
is (in America) [kar\los].