Wordsmith.org: the magic of words

Wordsmith Talk

About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us  

Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Page 7 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
#17206 01/31/01 10:24 PM
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 3,409
M
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Carpal Tunnel
M
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 3,409
So I would forgive her for pronouncing sau - na the same as Braun and Audi.

As did I. I may have mangled my meaning, but that is how the word should be pronounced, apparently. The Finnish au dipthong is the same as in German, it would seem.


#17207 02/01/01 01:37 AM
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 157
F
member
Offline
member
F
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 157
There was a national news broadcast on which the announcer used the word "intricacies" with the accent on "tric." Me, I have trouble with the word "pious" - I think of it as rhyming with "see us," but I've heard it with a long i as well. Is my pronunciation maybe an alternate pronunciation, or am I just wrong?


#17208 02/01/01 01:30 PM
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 96
B
journeyman
Offline
journeyman
B
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 96
You did just fine Max. I mangled my posts something fierce.for pronouncing sau - na the same as Braun and Audi.

"""As did I. I may have mangled my meaning, but that is how the word should be pronounced, apparently. The Finnish au dipthong is the same as in German, it would seem."""
This is exactly what I was trying to say-----I am so sorry. I also want to say that many times people are not so tolerant. "Honey attracts more flies than vinegar" I have lots of honey, but it seems it is never in the right place at the right time!!!!






enthusiast


enthusiast
#17209 02/01/01 01:48 PM
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,156
B
old hand
Offline
old hand
B
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,156
I would make it rhyme with "fly us". Pie-us. (Hard to spell phonetically.)


#17210 02/01/01 02:53 PM
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 2,204
R
Pooh-Bah
Offline
Pooh-Bah
R
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 2,204
bikermom says, "And then there is the Russian Alphabet---totally unique. "

Not entirely, you know. I learnt the cyrillic alphbet some years ago and was amazed, when I was in Islington, London to find myself reading, without much difficulty, the words embazoned on the side of a van parked there. It belonged to a Greek shop, of which, in that quarter of London, there are many.

It was the Greek Missionaries who introduced a written language to Russia, back in mediæval times, applying the Greek alphabet to the spoken Russian. They had to invent a few symbols for sounds used in Russia but not in Greece. The alphabet is named cyrillic after St Cyril (pronounced with a K-sound, not an S), although it was originaly called glagolytic (and I can't for the life of me think why - but someone out there will know!)


#17211 02/01/01 03:32 PM
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 2,204
R
Pooh-Bah
Offline
Pooh-Bah
R
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 2,204
Try this for help with learning Irish Gaelic - including pronunciation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/blas/learners_main.shtml



#17212 02/01/01 04:35 PM
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 4,757
M
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Carpal Tunnel
M
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 4,757
pronounced with a K-sound, not an S

Do you mean this is true of cyrillic, as well as the blessed saint?


#17213 02/01/01 04:36 PM
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 1,289
B
veteran
Offline
veteran
B
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 1,289
intricacies
You just hit on another of my betes noirs, the word "applicable". How many AWADers make this "apPLICKabel" and how many (like me) "AP-plicable"?


#17214 02/03/01 08:03 PM
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 2,204
R
Pooh-Bah
Offline
Pooh-Bah
R
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 2,204
So Tovarich Uchitel gave me to understand


#17215 02/06/01 11:31 PM
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 157
F
member
Offline
member
F
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 157
I think I usually say apPLICable. I think I hear it more than I say it, though, and I'm not really sure how I say it.


Page 7 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Moderated by  Jackie 

Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Statistics
Forums16
Topics13,912
Posts229,283
Members9,179
Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
Newest Members
TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV, Heather_Turey, Standy
9,179 Registered Users
Who's Online Now
0 members (), 302 guests, and 2 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters(30 Days)
Top Posters
wwh 13,858
Faldage 13,803
Jackie 11,613
tsuwm 10,542
wofahulicodoc 10,510
LukeJavan8 9,916
AnnaStrophic 6,511
Wordwind 6,296
of troy 5,400
Disclaimer: Wordsmith.org is not responsible for views expressed on this site. Use of this forum is at your own risk and liability - you agree to hold Wordsmith.org and its associates harmless as a condition of using it.

Home | Today's Word | Yesterday's Word | Subscribe | FAQ | Archives | Search | Feedback
Wordsmith Talk | Wordsmith Chat

© 1994-2024 Wordsmith

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5