[meteorite-list] Pronunciation of Orgueil

From: Impactika at aol.com <Impactika_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:45:54 EST
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Very good Rob.
Not quite the right ending, more open sound. But really quite close.
 
And better than Oragel ;-)
Sorry Georges.
 
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In a message dated 3/13/2010 6:37:00 PM Mountain Standard Time,
mojave_meteorites at cox.net writes:
> Now do you want to try "Orgueil" ? ;-)

That one is MUCH harder for the non-French to pronounce.
Again, accent is on the beginning of the word, and to first
order it sounds somewhat similar to:

OR' gooey

;-) --Rob
Received on Sat 13 Mar 2010 08:45:54 PM PST