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Re: Mispronouncing Conlang Names

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Friday, April 15, 2005, 7:45
Quoting Geoff Horswood <geoffhorswood@...>:

> On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 21:53:37 +0200, Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote: >
Seems I make my orthographies too sensible - people mostly pronounce things recognizably. Proper pronunciations interspersed:
> >Oh, and every body mispronounce these for me: > > > >Tairezazh > > /taj.rE'zaZ/
['taj.rE.zaZ]
> >Kesheáras > > /kE.SE.a:r.&s/
[kE.SE'a:.ras]
> >Altaii > > /al.ta'ji:/
[al'taj.i]
> >Meghean > > /mE'Ri:.@n/
[me'Zan] This is apparently the tricky one. I was amused by the medial glottal stops some had.
> >U-Rakh U-Nayargiz-ung > > /u: rax u: na'ja:r.gIz UN/
[M'rax M.na'jar.gi.zMN]
> >Telendlest > > /tE'lEnd.lESt/, strangely enough. I want to make the /s/ (presumably) be > an /S/
['tE.lEnd,lEst]
> >Searixina > > /se'a:r.I"Ti.n&/ The /T/ is probably due to Noygwexaal's oddities of > transcription.
LOL! It's simply ['s@a.ri\.xi\.n6].
> >Kalini Sapak > > /k@'li:.ni: 's&.p&k/ when I'm reading it properly. My eye rather lazily > saw /k@'li:.ni: Spr&k/ at first, though.
[ka'li.ni sa'pak] I was amused by the "sprak" readings. Actually, the radicals of _sapak_ are ripped out of English "speak".
> >Steienzh > > /'staj.EnZ/
['stej.n=Z] Andreas