[LUTE] Re: Pronunciation of Fuenllana's name.

2012-04-20 Thread Ignacio Barcia
I would guess spanish didn't changed that much and it should be the same as today Put all of the above together: (as pronounced in English) 'F' (Begin pronouncing it at the fff) - 'UH' - 'N' (Pronounce the whole thing) 'E' - 'ANA' On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 6:42 AM, Herbert Ward

[LUTE] Re: Pronunciation of Fuenllana's name.

2012-04-20 Thread Herbert Ward
rbert Ward > Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Pronunciation of Fuenllana's name. > > On 27/03/2012 5:42 AM, Herbert Ward wrote: >> Is Fuenllana pronunced "fwayn-YANnah" in analogy to the modern Spanish > word "fue"? >> >> Or is it p

[LUTE] Re: Pronunciation of Fuenllana's name.

2012-03-27 Thread ml
2, a las 17:50, Roland Hayes escribió: > I would suggest Fwenyana not fwaynyana. r > > -Original Message- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf Of Stephen Fryer > Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 11:36 AM > To: Herbert Ward > Cc: lut

[LUTE] Re: Pronunciation of Fuenllana's name.

2012-03-27 Thread Roland Hayes
I would suggest Fwenyana not fwaynyana. r -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Stephen Fryer Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 11:36 AM To: Herbert Ward Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: Pronunciation of Fuenllana&#

[LUTE] Re: Pronunciation of Fuenllana's name.

2012-03-27 Thread Stephen Fryer
On 27/03/2012 5:42 AM, Herbert Ward wrote: Is Fuenllana pronunced "fwayn-YANnah" in analogy to the modern Spanish word "fue"? Or is it pronounced "foo-en-YANnah", which I've heard more often? Probably "fwayn-LYAN-nah" Do we know much about pronunciation in the 16th centurey Spain? Yes. As

[LUTE] Re: Pronunciation of Fuenllana's name.

2012-03-27 Thread Garry
Right. I'd also forgotten about the word "fuego" as in "tierra del fuego" which I've known since a child and it's definitely got the "w." Also, Google Translate's pronunciation is not bad for Spanish words if you need an approximate modern pronunciation ( it has audio). Garry On 3/27/201

[LUTE] Re: Pronunciation of Fuenllana's name.

2012-03-27 Thread Francesco Tribioli
> I pronounce it the same way as I pronounce "quesadilla" or "que." In other > words, like the English word "day." I don't insert a "w" sound in there, but > the Spanish I learned (last year) was Mexican Spanish (and I may not be > pronouncing that correctly). So, I pronounce it "Fayn-yah-na." I

[LUTE] Re: Pronunciation of Fuenllana's name.

2012-03-27 Thread Garry Bryan
On 03/27/2012 08:42 AM, Herbert Ward wrote: I pronounce it the same way as I pronounce "quesadilla" or "que." In other words, like the English word "day." I don't insert a "w" sound in there, but the Spanish I learned (last year) was Mexican Spanish (and I may not be pronouncing that correct