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Re: Mispronouncing Conlang Names

From:Geoff Horswood <geoffhorswood@...>
Date:Thursday, April 14, 2005, 5:56
On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 13:01:04 +0200, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
wrote:

>Hi! > >"David J. Peterson" <dedalvs@...> writes: >>... >> a lot of conlang names, I've noticed. Here's a short list (and >> feel free to add) in alphabetical order: > >Do you also have a nice mispronunciation of Qthyn|gai? :-) >
I'm probably way out with this one. /q@'TIn.|\|\.gaj/ Sorry. What about Xinkutlan? Noygwexaal? (if the phonology wasn't posted too recently)
>> -amman îar: >>... >> most saliently pronounced by as ['A.mAn i.'Ar], where the last >>... > >I did worse: [?a'mam ?i'jar]...
/'&m.m&n i'jar/ With an embarrassing English-style /&/ /a/ conflation. :P
>> -Brithenig: ... > >Embarrasingly: ['brIT@nIN]
I think I got this one right
> >> -Kangathyagon: ...
I kept wanting to insert a /b/ in it, before I worked out that the thorn was /T/. Then I conflated the 2 together: /kaN.ba'Tja:.gon/ ;)
>> -Miapimoquitch: ... > >Same: no pronunciation before finding out the right way to say it.
I'm still not sure I have this right! /mi.ap'im.o.kwItS/?
>> -Rokbeigalmki: ... > >No problem at all.
Really? I see this one and the order of letters in it just jumbles up in my head. I still want to say /rO.kI.bE'gal.mi:/ I seem to do this a lot with words over a certain size. I wonder why?
>> -Teonaht: ... > >Similar to yours: ['te.o.nat]. Forgive me.
/'te.o.naht/ Geoff

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