[meteorite-list] How do you pronounce Muonionalusta?

From: Pekka Savolainen <nuuska_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:21:07 +0300
Message-ID: <4A8EE593.2080300_at_dlc.fi>

Most of the Finnish dialects spoken in the Province of Lapland are of
the Northern Finnish dialect group, which are also spoken in Sweden and
northern Norway. The S?mi language has had a great influence on the
vocabulary of these dialects.

S?mi words have been loaned for depicting nature, reindeer husbandry and
northern living conditions. There have often not been suitable words in
Finnish for certain phenomenon of northern nature. Many local place
names in the region are of S?mi origin and have through the years
changed into names that are easier for Finns pronounce. Some examples of
words like these are: kaltio, kero, lompolo, mella, muonio, vuoma and
vuontis.

So "Muonio" is a place

http://www.muonio.fi/web/index.php?id=3

"Alusta" is usually something like "undersite" or "base"

"Muonionalusta" = "base / undersite of Muonio"


Mu- like Mu(lligan)
o- like (t)o(p)
ni- like (mo)ney
on = on
a- like (b)u(t)
lus- like (Tel)lus
ta like Ta(nya)

It may be easier with some Highland Park, like Thomas says ;-)


Well, perhaps it?s better, I`ll upload a voice-file to my site, just
have to find my mic first...

best,

pekka s





Thomas ?sterberg kirjoitti:
> Hi Richard,
>
>
>
> Muonionalusta is pronounced quite close to it's spelling with some
> focus on the first part "Muon".
>
>
>
> Anyway, since I'm Swedish I also find it quite difficult to pronounce
> this Finnish word (very much an exercise for your lips and tongue).
>
>
>
> Perhaps, a good idea would be to take place in a comfortable chair and
> do some home practice in the pronunciation, after having some 2 - 3
> drams of a nice Scottish malt Whisky. For this particular purpose I
> can warmly recommend Highland Park 18 Year ;-)
>
>
>
> Happy hunting!
>
>
>
> Thomas ?sterberg
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Kowalski"
> <damoclid at yahoo.com>
> To: "meteorite list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:35 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] How do you pronounce Muonionalusta?
>
>
>> I just got a beautiful slice of Muonionalusta and am curious about
>> how to pronoun the name properly.
>>
>> I'm guess at least four different ways, but I'm hoping someone can
>> tell me.
>>
>> One guess is
>>
>> Meew unyun a lust a
>>
>> a second
>>
>> Moo unyun a loost a
>>
>> wit the other two variations of those.
>>
>> Anyone?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> --
>> Richard Kowalski
>> http://fullmoonphotography.net
>> IMCA #1081
>>
>>
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Pekka Savolainen
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