[meteorite-list] pronouncing 'Orgueil'

From: lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu <lebofsky_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:31:33 -0700 (MST)
Message-ID: <60477.71.226.60.25.1209591093.squirrel_at_timber.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 ?crit :
>
>> 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 ?j"
>>>
>>>
>>> as in the wikipedia example: /?j/ 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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