Yeah, but that 1% guy will be rolling around the floor laughing his butt off
and really spoil your day.
Carl2
Steve wrote:
>The best advice I ever got on meteorite pronunciation was several years back
>from Rob Elliot and I'm paraphrasing here "Pronounce it however you think it's
>supposed to
>>The best advice I ever got on meteorite pronunciation was several years
back from Rob Elliot and I'm paraphrasing here "Pronounce it however you
think it's supposed to sound, chances are that 99% of the people listening
haven't a clue themselves and will accept your pronunciation as the co
and will accept your pronunciation as the correct one".
Regards,
Steve
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--- On Sat, 3/13/10, geo...@aol.com wrote:
> From: geo...@aol.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] pronunciation of L'aigle
> To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
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>>See: http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=sikhote-alin<<
Thanks...I just tried that site and I was close with the first part, but
way off with the alin part. After hearing, it's more like: See-coat-a
o-in-u
GeoZay
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See: http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=sikhote-alin
Dave
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] pronunciation of L'aigle
L'aigle is an easy one. * aigle * is the " eagle "
in English but
>> L'aigle is an easy one. * aigle * is the " eagle "
> in English but let's talk about its pronunciation:<<
Well...while we are at it, how do you pronounce "Sikhote-alin" ? You can't
begin to imagine how I was pronouncing it until I heard someone actually
say it aloud about a month ago. Fig
>> L'aigle is an easy one. * aigle * is the " eagle "
> in English but let's talk about its pronunciation:<<
Well...while we are at it, how do you pronounce "Sikhote-alin" ? You
can't
begin to imagine how I was pronouncing it until I heard someone actually
say it aloud about a month ag
>>Now do you want to try "Orgueil" ? ;-)<<
Would that be a little like saying the word, "Ora-Jel"?
GeoZay
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Yes, I agree with Rob,
The end is clipped off, and the "e" is practically silent.
The recording is right.
Now do you want to try "Orgueil" ? ;-)
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> L'aigle is an easy one. * aigle * is the " eagle "
> in English but let's talk about its pronunciation:
> - *ai* sounds like the first *a* in "animal"
My francais may be a bit rusty, but I'm pretty sure L'aigle
is pronounced pretty close to:
LAY' -gluh
(emphasis on first syllable, with the "
13, 2010 5:45:43 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] pronunciation of L'aigle
from Bernd as he could not post:
Hi Greg C. and List,
L'aigle is an easy one. * aigle * is the " eagle "
in English but let's talk about its pronunciation:
- *ai* sounds like the first *a* in "
from Bernd as he could not post:
Hi Greg C. and List,
L'aigle is an easy one. * aigle * is the " eagle "
in English but let's talk about its pronunciation:
- *ai* sounds like the first *a* in "animal"
- *g* is "g" like in the words "gold" or "give"
- *l* is "l" like in the words "look" or "lov
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