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