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Re: Mispronouncing Conlang Names

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Friday, April 15, 2005, 18:00
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.