[meteorite-list] Pronunciation of Orgueil

From: Linton Rohr <lintonius_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:56:21 -0700
Message-ID: <A7919FA5F80749BCA5ED6CF99A0AED97_at_D190TH71>

So, if I may render it phonetically in English... or-gyell'.
Timely information for me, as I just scored my first specimen of it. :^)
Still looking for l'aigle...
Linton

----- Original Message -----
From: <barrat at univ-brest.fr>
To: "Jeff Grossman" <jgrossman at usgs.gov>
Cc: "Meteorite-list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Pronunciation of Orgueil


Jeff Grossman brings the best solution. I have just tried the link using the
Claire's voice (french of course) and the result is just perfect.

Jean-Alix


Selon Jeff Grossman <jgrossman at usgs.gov>:

> Try http://www.acapela-group.com/text-to-speech-interactive-demo.html
> and select one of the French voices. Jean-Alix will correct me if it's
> wrong, but I think it renders Orgueil and other difficult names (for
> non-French speakers) like Vouill?? and Saint-S??verin reasonably well. You
> can also try some hard-to-pronounce Polish and Finnish names here as
> well, like ?swi?Tcany, ??owicz or Bjurb??le.
>
> Jeff
> On 2010-03-14 10:31 AM, GeoZay at aol.com wrote:
> > <<Sorry, but it is not correct !!! By the way,the meaning of the word
> > orgueil is
> > pride !<<
> >
> > I think maybe I should stick with Ora-Jel? :O)
> > GeoZay
> >
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