Re: Yogh in the news
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, January 14, 2006, 18:10 |
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On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 12:56:24 -0500, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
wrote:
> On 1/14/06, Thomas Hart Chappell <tomhchappell@...> wrote:
>> How does one pronounce "yogh"?
>
> Just like it's spelled. :)
>
> I pronounce it /joG/, but I don't know if that's justified
> historically or not. In any case, most Anglophones don't pronounce it
> that way, since [G] doesn't exist in native English phonology. I've
> heard all three of /jog/, /jox/, and /jok/; I'm assuming the last is
> the one intended for the song, since it rhymes with "oak".
I'm prone to pronouncing it "yoȝ" myself, which AFAICT is /jouG/ ~ /jouM\/
m.m. your personal "long o".
Paul
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