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#144477 06/26/05 09:01 PM
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> say "yogurt"?

Yoh-gert or yoh-g't (yoh as in yot without the tee) :)


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Inspired by this thread, I tried this at a local restaurant just last night, so thanks, Marvin!

BTW, for those who are interested, this thread shows the value of having a standardised transliteration system into the Roman alphabet from other languages.


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the value of having a standardised transliteration system into the Roman alphabet from other languages.

Sure, like Gwoyeu Romatzyh, Hanyu Pinyin, MPS II, Postal System Pinyin, Tongyong Pinyin, Wade-Giles, and Yale Romanization for Mandarin.



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>The Taj is amazing, but if you want to see the Moghul's true eponymous genius, you need to go to Fitipur Sikri ...

....on a night of the full moon with your lover by your side.


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the value of having a standardised transliteration system into the Roman alphabet from other languages.

Transliterating a foreign word is one thing, spelling a word taken into English from a foreign language is a whole nother.


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Transliterating a foreign word is one thing, spelling a word taken into English from a foreign language is a whole nother.


Which is why I used the subject line I did, to show that I was not talking about yoghurt.


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why I used the subject line I did

We don' read no steenkeen subjec' lines.


#144484 06/27/05 11:49 AM
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Thanks for the tip, Capfka, another place to add to my itenerary for my wishlist.

De nada. You should also add Jaipur to that list. Another amazing Moghul palace system! But Fitipur Sikri is the better of the two in terms of cultural diversity from centuries ago.


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>You should also add Jaipur to that list.

Already there, near the top, actually.


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Speaking of different Englishes: we were talking on the way home tonight, and I have decided that of all the natives I have heard speak from countries where English is the primary and/or official language , Liberian English is the hardest to understand.



Oh, I couldn't agree more, I find drunk people very hard to comprehend at times.


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