Re: CHAT: silly names

On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, Robert Hailman wrote:

> Frank George Valoczy wrote:
> >
> > > > "Krk"? How'd that be pronounced? I'm thinkin' syllablic r, but I can't
> > > > remember how to represent that in ASCII-IPA.
> > >
> > > AFAIK, it is /krik/, or similar. But I could be wrong.
> >
> > it is pronounced /k@rk/, almost.
>
> /k@rk/ would've been my second guess.
>
> > Another fun one is S'trbske Pleso in Slovakia /St@rbske: ple:so/
>
> Yeah, that's a good one. I do find, though, that the presence of even
> one vowel makes a word much more pronouncible.
>
> Szczecin has always been difficult for me, but my Polish friend says
> it's very easy. From what I can tell, he says something like /StSEtsIn/,
> but it's been a while since I've heard him say it.
>
Alost exactly like that, only the c is palatalised.


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