[meteorite-list] pronouncing 'Orgueil'

[André Knöfel]

Hi Larry, hi all,

I can do it tomorrow for the German names...

Andre

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Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] pronouncing 'Orgueil'
Gesendet: Mi, 30. Apr 2008
Von: lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu


> Hi All:

> 

> I did put out a call for meteorite pronunciation in Meteorite.

> 

> Suggested starting languages are:

> 

> French

> German

> Italian

> Polish

> Portuguese

> Spanish

> 

> 

> Again, any takers? Zelimir: You seem to have, at some level, offered to do

> this. It does not need to be extensive. Even 5 or so should do for a start

> (something over 70 if I remember my last email).

> 

> Larry

> 

> 

> On Wed, April 30, 2008 12:49 pm, Zelimir Gabelica wrote:

> > Hi Phil,

> >

> >

> > Your pronunciation for both Orgueil and L'Aigle is just perfect! You

> > possibly doin't speak French anymore but, at least, your accent is

> intact.

> >  Perhaps that's the way to progress (page with recorded pronunciations).

> > And

> > yes, IMCA could for sure help.

> >

> > Zelimir

> >

> >

> > A 13:10 30/04/2008 -0500, Philip R. Burns a écrit :

> >

> >> At 12:24 PM 4/30/2008, Zelimir Gabelica wrote:

> >>

> >>> Not so.

> >>> If you pronounce it "or gay", nobody will understand here (although I

> >>> know that whenever Bob brings along some Orgueil, it is sold before

> >>> unwrapped!)

> >>>

> >>> Basing on pronouncing dyphtongs in French (last link in Darren's post

> >>> -

> >>> see below; thanks Darren!), it comes to:

> >>>

> >>> "Org œj"

> >>>

> >>>

> >>> as in the wikipedia example: /œj/ as in feuille "leaf"

> >>

> >> Some years ago (2002?) when the question of meteorite pronunciations

> >> came up, I started a page with French pronunciations:

> >>

> >> http://www.pibburns.com/catastro/metprono.htm

> >>

> >>

> >> While I grew up speaking French, I would not claim my pronunciation is

> >> the best.  I don't speak French anymore except when visiting relatives

> >> in France.

> >>

> >> Someone else started up a page with the pronunciations for Polish

> >> meteorites around that same time.  I don't recall who it was, but I

> >> found that page helpful.

> >>

> >> Perhaps the IMCA should undertake a mini-project to collect

> >> pronunciations from native speakers.

> >>

> >>

> >> -- Philip R. "Pib" Burns

> >> pib at pibburns.com http://www.pibburns.com/

> >>

> >>

> >>

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> >

> > Prof. Zelimir Gabelica

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