Re: Mispronouncing Conlang Names

Quoting Ray Brown <ray.brown@...>:

> > On Thursday, April 14, 2005, at 08:53 , Andreas Johansson wrote:
> [snip]
> > Oh, and every body mispronounce these for me:
>
> Oh, what the heck! I might as well join in the game   :)
>
> > Tairezazh
> /'tajrezaZ/
>
> > Kesheáras
> /keSe'aras/
>
> > Altaii
> /al'taj.i/
>
> > Meghean
> /'mEgean/
>
> > U-Rakh U-Nayargiz-ung
> /u'ra:x una'jargIzUN/
>
> > Telendlest
> /te'lEndlest/
>
> > Searixina
> /sea'rIksina/
>
> > Kalini Sapak
> /ka'li:ni sa:pak/
>
> > Steienzh
> /'stej.EnZ/
>
> Note: /a/ really is [a] and /r/ is trilled  - I picked up these two sounds
> during my sojourn in Wales :)
>
> PS - apologies for any which might be correct.
Hehe. /al'taj.i/ is spot on, and most are close enough. /mEgean/ is way beyond
the pale, if that's any consolation!

                                            Andreas

PS Steienzh is ['stEj.n=Z]. I think it ended up as ['stej.n=Z] in my other mail
giving the correct answers. Not that the Steieneans would hear much difference.