[meteorite-list] pronouncing 'Orgueil'

From: André Knöfel <aknoefel_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:58:08 +0200 (MEST)
Message-ID: <200804302158.m3ULw8pp029106_at_post.webmailer.de>

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 ?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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