Re: Country Names -- Local Pronunciations

On Sat, 10 May 2003 10:28:10 -0700, Arthaey Angosii <arthaey@...>
wrote:

>Emaelivpeith Tristan:
>>For the record, a while ago, someone---Herman Miller I think, but it may
>>well've been someone else; I can't find it on his website---compiled a
>>list of the way locals pronounce the names of their country/city etc so
>>that people could borrow the local pronunciation. I'm sure that list
>>might come in handy to some of you. Whoever did it should start talking!
>
>I intend to do Asha'illen names for countries by calquing the local
>language's name for the region.  (Or the predominant language's name,
>should there be multiple languages.  We reserve the right to pick underdogs
>at will.)  So, I am _very_ interested in such a list.  Herman, speak up if
>it's you!  :)
Ah, I found where I put it.

http://www.io.com/~hmiller/lang/places.html

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