[meteorite-list] Tatahouine - Pronunciation

From: John Gwilliam <jkg_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:23:43 2004
Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20030303083934.0096c9b0_at_mail.theriver.com>

Rob and List,
I believe Rob's pronunciation is very close to correct. Bob Holmes and I
spent a few hours with Alain Carion and Anne Black at the Tucson Show while
filming a segment for our soon to be released video. While Alain talked
about the Tatahouine meteorite, Anne held two very large specimens in her
hands for the camera. Even with his beautiful thick French accent, it was
easy to hear how Alain pronounced the name. Since he has personally hunted
the strew field several times, I'd venture that he is pronouncing it properly.

Best,

John Gwilliam


At 10:53 PM 3/2/03 -0800, Matson, Robert wrote:
>Hi Jeff,
>
>My "assumption" based on rudimentary francais has been
>that it is pronounced something like:
>
>ta'-tuh-ween'
>
>with the main accent on the third syllable, and more
>emphasis on the first syllable than the second. The first
>"ta" rhymes with the "ca" of cat. Again, this is a guess.
>The Labennes (or Anne) could give you a more accurate
>pronunciation.
>
>Cheers,
>Rob
>
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