Guest Bill Barton Posted August 31, 2007 Report Posted August 31, 2007 Japanese tends to give equal emphasis to all of the syllables, thus none of them are stressed more than others.Whoa....you better ask yer friend again about this 'cause what makes Japanese a mountain to climb for English speaking folks is that it doesn't equally emphasize all of the syllables! I spent many days just trying to learn the proper way to pronounce "Ryoanji" this summer and the inflections have to be just right. Back to square one, eh? Quote
Guest Bill Barton Posted October 8, 2007 Report Posted October 8, 2007 Baikida Carroll? I've heard something approximating "bah-kee-dah." Anybody know if this is correct? Thanks. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted October 8, 2007 Report Posted October 8, 2007 Baikida Carroll? I've heard something approximating "bah-kee-dah." Anybody know if this is correct? Thanks. I've heard him addressed that way with no correction. Accent on the second syllable. Quote
Guest Bill Barton Posted October 8, 2007 Report Posted October 8, 2007 Baikida Carroll? I've heard something approximating "bah-kee-dah." Anybody know if this is correct? Thanks. I've heard him addressed that way with no correction. Accent on the second syllable. Thanks, Chuck, that's very helpful indeed. Quote
ghost of miles Posted October 16, 2007 Report Posted October 16, 2007 I'm interviewing George Avakian tomorrow morning--how is his last name pronounced? Quote
Harold_Z Posted October 16, 2007 Report Posted October 16, 2007 I'm interviewing George Avakian tomorrow morning--how is his last name pronounced? the a sounds are both ah. The I is long. Ahvahkeean. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted October 16, 2007 Report Posted October 16, 2007 I'm interviewing George Avakian tomorrow morning--how is his last name pronounced? the a sounds are both ah. The I is long. Ahvahkeean. With the accent on "vahk". Quote
ghost of miles Posted October 17, 2007 Report Posted October 17, 2007 Thanks much to both of you. I had a great talk with George this a.m. and am going to talk to him again next week. Wonderful guy. Quote
White Lightning Posted October 19, 2007 Report Posted October 19, 2007 How is the first name of Odean Pope pronounced? Quote
umum_cypher Posted October 19, 2007 Report Posted October 19, 2007 How is the first name of Odean Pope pronounced? OHdeen Quote
White Lightning Posted October 21, 2007 Report Posted October 21, 2007 How is the first name of Odean Pope pronounced? OHdeen THNX! Quote
Daniel A Posted October 21, 2007 Report Posted October 21, 2007 I've heard Axel Stordahl pronounced both Stor - DAHL and STOR - dl Which is it? If you want the pronoucation to be as close to Norwegian as possible (he was of Norwegian ancestry) the emphasis should be pretty much equal on both syllables; Stor [like "tour" with an "s" in front of it and a rolling "r"] - dal ["d", about the same "a" sound as in "grandpa" and then a kind of soft "l"]. Quote
Guest Bill Barton Posted October 22, 2007 Report Posted October 22, 2007 (edited) It'll be too late anyway as I'm on the air in less than an hour-and-a-half, but for next time around... Maarten van Regteben Altena? Man, that's a mouthful! Edited October 22, 2007 by Bill Barton Quote
couw Posted October 22, 2007 Report Posted October 22, 2007 It'll be too late anyway as I'm on the air in less than an hour-and-a-half, but for next time around... Maarten van Regteben Altena? Man, that's a mouthful! if ever you run into a dutch name again, try this site: http://www2.rnw.nl/mu/en/behind/pronunciations/ it has short pronuciation clips. Maarten Altena is covered, but without the van Regteren part, which is pronounced as "van", with "ah" and "Regteren" with stress on the first syllable only; "Regt-" has a short sharp "è" and a typical dutch "g" that's more like "kh", "-eren" is pronounced as "-uh ruh", without a real "n" in there. Quote
Guest Bill Barton Posted October 24, 2007 Report Posted October 24, 2007 Thanks, couw! As it turns out I was pretty darned close... Quote
clifford_thornton Posted October 24, 2007 Report Posted October 24, 2007 Maybe this has been discussed already, but: Arjen Gorter? Quote
couw Posted October 24, 2007 Report Posted October 24, 2007 Maybe this has been discussed already, but: Arjen Gorter? short Ahrr and -jen with sharp short è soft dutch G (γ in phonetic alphabet, bit like -ch in Loch), short -ohrr and a short stressless -t uh r Quote
ghost of miles Posted November 13, 2007 Report Posted November 13, 2007 Joe Timer? I would think TIME-ur, but wanted to double-check... Quote
GARussell Posted November 13, 2007 Report Posted November 13, 2007 Tom Harrell When Charlie Rose did a piece on him for Sixty Minutes a couple of years ago, he placed the accent on the second syllable. But Saturday Les Davis of Sirius played a song of his, and placed the accent on the first syllable. Anybody sure? Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted November 13, 2007 Report Posted November 13, 2007 Tom Harrell When Charlie Rose did a piece on him for Sixty Minutes a couple of years ago, he placed the accent on the second syllable. But Saturday Les Davis of Sirius played a song of his, and placed the accent on the first syllable. Anybody sure? When given a choice, always bet against Charlie Rose. He's a friggin' idiot. Quote
Harold_Z Posted November 13, 2007 Report Posted November 13, 2007 Harrell. Rhyme it with Carol. That's the way I've always heard his name pronounced. Quote
GARussell Posted November 13, 2007 Report Posted November 13, 2007 Harrell. Rhyme it with Carol. That's the way I've always heard his name pronounced. Thanks Harold! Quote
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