Re: Mispronouncing Conlang Names

Benct wrote:
<<
So what do you make of:

Sohlob
Kejeb
Kidilib
Mærik
Slvanjec
 >>

I only ever remember seeing three of these, and for those I have
home pronunciations (we'll see how close I get):

(1) Sohlob: Seen it a lot, and, again, because I like that coda [h],
I tend to pronounce it ['soh.lob]--pretty much just like it looks.

(2) Kejeb: This I would pronounce ['ke.jeb], but I know that can
be trouble, as the "j" in my "Njaama" is actually [dZ].

(3) Kidilib: This is the first time I've seen this, but I have a feeling
that if I encountered it in the wild, I might pronounce it like
['kId.lIb].
It'd probably be a bit before I saw that middle "i".  I'm actually
paying attention to the spelling now, though, so I'd guess it'd
be like it looks: ['ki.di.lib].

(4) Mærik: I always kind of Englishly pronounced this ['m&.rIk].
(I notice I tend to do a lot of initial stress...  I wonder why that
is?)

(5) Slvanjec: Way off.  I always pronounce this like the word
"Slavonic",
though it should probably be something like [sl=.'va.JEk], right?

-David
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