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Re: Mispronouncing Conlang Names

From:Elliott Lash <erelion12@...>
Date:Thursday, April 14, 2005, 19:47
--- Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote:
> Quoting Muke Tever <hotblack@...>: > > > David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...> wrote: > > > I recently posted Barry Garcia's translation of > the Sheli poem > > > into Ayhan on my site, and I noticed, after > pasting his link in, > > > that I'd been incorrectly spelling the language > as "Ahyan". > > > Why? Because that's actually how I'd been > *pronouncing* it > > > (in my head) all this time. And, indeed, I > actually mispronounce > > > a lot of conlang names, I've noticed. > > > > The ones that stick most in my mind, unable to be > removed, are > > probably /m{Ngl/ [Maggel], ABCD-an [Ebisedian], > and Celine > > Dion [Silindion]. > > Aak. I'll never be able to think of Eliott's > masterpiece in the same way again. > :( > > > ;)
Worry not sir, as I told Muke, I too pronounce it unfortunately close to Celine Dion. The Neste speakers have a slightly different stress for the word, so it doesn't technically sound like that. ~Elliott __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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