Re: CHAT: A flat minor (was: ATTN: Pablo Flores (VIRUS WARNING))

 --- "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...> wrote: > On
Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 09:10:28AM -0400, John Cowan
>
> And while we're on the subject of pronunciations...
> what are the correct
> pronunciations of "Sibelius" and "Dvorak"? I
> pronounce "Sibelius" as
> [saj"bi:lj@s] but a friend says [si"b&lj@s].
i'm used to /sI'bEIli@s/, altho it's meant to be
swedish with a finnish accent, so probably
['sib_0elius:] ;-)

>
> Also, my acquaintances seem to have rather divergent
> opinions about how
> the 'r' in "Dvorak" is pronounced. I pronounce it as
> [Z] but I suspect I'm
> probably very wrong. :-)
>
/dvOZ`a:k/ i think, [Z]'s pretty standard amongst
anglophones. what's more contentious is whether to
begin the word [dv], [d@v] or [v] ( i use the first )

bn

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bnathyuw | landan | arR
stamp the sunshine out | angelfish
your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre

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