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GCheng620 Posted 13 years ago
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Dictionary that offers pronunciations of made-up words/names?
I'm not playing around just to be clear,
it's just that every time I see an European last name, I often don't know how to anglicize the name and I just get confused all over my head.
And that is just one piece of the iceberg, I guess I may have grasped the principles of pronouncing most words, but not made-up names of locations, products and whatnot. (For example, I used to accent on the first syllable of "Alberta" for YEARS)
Is there a dictionary that does a have a built-in database or computerized database that I can utilize to check out the pronunciations of different made-up nouns/words?
Thanks very much to anyone who helps!
it's just that every time I see an European last name, I often don't know how to anglicize the name and I just get confused all over my head.
And that is just one piece of the iceberg, I guess I may have grasped the principles of pronouncing most words, but not made-up names of locations, products and whatnot. (For example, I used to accent on the first syllable of "Alberta" for YEARS)
Is there a dictionary that does a have a built-in database or computerized database that I can utilize to check out the pronunciations of different made-up nouns/words?
Thanks very much to anyone who helps!
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GCheng620 every time I see an European last name, I often don't know how to anglicize the name Nor do many of us; and why would you anglicize it? We usually try to maintain the original pronunciation, though we often fail to do so. GCheng620 one piece of the iceberg The idiom is "just the tip of the iceberg'.
- GCheng620 every time I see an European last name, I often don't know how to anglicize the name Nor do many of us; and why would you anglicize it?
- We usually try to maintain the original pronunciation, though we often fail to do so.
- GCheng620 one piece of the iceberg The idiom is "just the tip of the iceberg'.
- GCheng620 I may have grasped the principles of pronouncing most words, but not made-up names of locations, products and whatnot.
- I'm not sure there is one other than 'best guess'.
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GCheng620 every time I see an European last name, I often don't know how to anglicize the nameNor do many of us; and why would you anglicize it? We usually try to maintain the original pronunciation, though we often fail to do so.
GCheng620 one piece of the icebergThe idiom is "just the tip of the iceberg'.
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