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New page on the AUE site: Pronunciation of newsgroup contributors' names
There's a new page on the alt-usage-english site, showing the pronunciation of some regular contributors' names.
http://alt-usage-english.org/audio gallery/
The page was created after a suggestion by Nobuko Iwasaki and subsequent discussion in this newsgroup. I've included on the page all the people involved in that discussion, except those that didn't respond to my invitation (due principally to mailboxes overflowing with Swen messages). They are:
Reinhold (Rey) Aman
Robert Bannister
Mike Barnes
Dr Robin Bignall
Maria Conlon ("Tootsie")
Jitze Couperus
Bob Cunningham
Aaron J. Dinkin
R H Draney
Dena Jo
Evan Kirshenbaum
Sara Moffat Lorimer
Donna Richoux
Charles Riggs
Harvey Van Sickle
Garry J. Vass
Michael West
Raymond S. Wise
To everybody involved - thank you.
I welcome further contributions from anyone else who'd like to see their name on the page. Here's an extract from the page describing why I think it would be a good idea to add your name."The more names we have, the better. Even if the pronunciation of your name is so obvious that anyone could work it out from the spelling, we'd still like to see it - this page serves as an interesting and fun exercise for people learning ASCII IPA, and a few easy ones would be greatly appreciated. But as reactions to this page have shown, the pronunciation of many names certainly isn't obvious, especially to many non-native English speakers.
Even native speakers have been surprised to discover that the way they'd imagined a name being pronounced was in fact quite wrong, and have been delighted to learn the "proper" pronunciation. It's instructive to see how our preconceptions can lead us astray. The sound files, where available, remove all possibility of error, and provide a personal touch that is missing from a lot of the material in aue."
Take a look at the page to see how to get your name added.
Mike Barnes
Webmaster, http://alt-usage-english.org/
http://alt-usage-english.org/audio gallery/
The page was created after a suggestion by Nobuko Iwasaki and subsequent discussion in this newsgroup. I've included on the page all the people involved in that discussion, except those that didn't respond to my invitation (due principally to mailboxes overflowing with Swen messages). They are:
Reinhold (Rey) Aman
Robert Bannister
Mike Barnes
Dr Robin Bignall
Maria Conlon ("Tootsie")
Jitze Couperus
Bob Cunningham
Aaron J. Dinkin
R H Draney
Dena Jo
Evan Kirshenbaum
Sara Moffat Lorimer
Donna Richoux
Charles Riggs
Harvey Van Sickle
Garry J. Vass
Michael West
Raymond S. Wise
To everybody involved - thank you.
I welcome further contributions from anyone else who'd like to see their name on the page. Here's an extract from the page describing why I think it would be a good idea to add your name."The more names we have, the better. Even if the pronunciation of your name is so obvious that anyone could work it out from the spelling, we'd still like to see it - this page serves as an interesting and fun exercise for people learning ASCII IPA, and a few easy ones would be greatly appreciated. But as reactions to this page have shown, the pronunciation of many names certainly isn't obvious, especially to many non-native English speakers.
Even native speakers have been surprised to discover that the way they'd imagined a name being pronounced was in fact quite wrong, and have been delighted to learn the "proper" pronunciation. It's instructive to see how our preconceptions can lead us astray. The sound files, where available, remove all possibility of error, and provide a personal touch that is missing from a lot of the material in aue."
Take a look at the page to see how to get your name added.
Mike Barnes
Webmaster, http://alt-usage-english.org/
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[nq:1]There's a new page on the alt-usage-english site, showing the pronunciation of some regular contributors' names. org/audio gallery/ The page ... [/nq] Lord love a duck!
- [nq:1]There's a new page on the alt-usage-english site, showing the pronunciation of some regular contributors' names.
- org/audio gallery/ The page ...
- [/nq] Lord love a duck!
- Will you be forgetting how to pronounce "Michael West" and get on with posting Charles Rigg's photograph!
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[nq:1]There's a new page on the alt-usage-english site, showing the pronunciation of some regular contributors' names. http://alt-usage-english.org/audio gallery/ The page ... lot of the material in aue." Take a look at the page to see how to get your name added.[/nq]
Lord love
Lord love
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[nq:1]Lord love a duck! Will you be forgetting how to pronounce "Michael West" and get on with posting Charles Rigg's photograph![/nq]
Obviously, you haven't looked. It's there.
Skitt (in Hayward, California)
www.geocities.com/opus731/
Obviously, you haven't looked. It's there.
Skitt (in Hayward, California)
www.geocities.com/opus731/
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[nq:2]Lord love a duck! Will you be forgetting how to pronounce "Michael West" and get on with posting Charles Rigg's photograph![/nq]
[nq:1]Obviously, you haven't looked. It's there.[/nq]
So it is. There should have been fanfare or at least a rattle of snare drums. Surprisingly ordinary looking, isn't he?
But what, though, is the sign over his left shoulder? Is that the internati
[nq:1]Obviously, you haven't looked. It's there.[/nq]
So it is. There should have been fanfare or at least a rattle of snare drums. Surprisingly ordinary looking, isn't he?
But what, though, is the sign over his left shoulder? Is that the internati
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} There's a new page on the alt-usage-english site, showing the } pronunciation of some regular contributors' names. }
} http://alt-usage-english.org/audio gallery/
}
} The page was created after a suggestion by Nobuko Iwasaki and subsequent } discussion in this newsgrou
} http://alt-usage-english.org/audio gallery/
}
} The page was created after a suggestion by Nobuko Iwasaki and subsequent } discussion in this newsgrou
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The aue webmaster filted:
[nq:1]The page was created after a suggestion by Nobuko Iwasaki and subsequent discussion in this newsgroup. I've included on the page all the people involved in that discussion, except those that didn't respond to my invitation (due principally to mailboxes overflowing with Swen messages).[/nq]
Shame that Iwasaki-san's own name isn't on the list, but given the ne
[nq:1]The page was created after a suggestion by Nobuko Iwasaki and subsequent discussion in this newsgroup. I've included on the page all the people involved in that discussion, except those that didn't respond to my invitation (due principally to mailboxes overflowing with Swen messages).[/nq]
Shame that Iwasaki-san's own name isn't on the list, but given the ne
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[nq:1]Would have have liked to have seen the pronunciation of Padraig's name documented in an accessible place, though..r[/nq]
I would like to hear it.
BTW, good job, Mike! Now, having said that, how much trouble would it be to put a sound icon on the full picture page which people could click on and hear the associated .wav file? And can someone tell me what equipment and applet (p
I would like to hear it.
BTW, good job, Mike! Now, having said that, how much trouble would it be to put a sound icon on the full picture page which people could click on and hear the associated .wav file? And can someone tell me what equipment and applet (p
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[nq:1]} Mike Barnes What I want to know is whether Mr. Barnes expects people to pronounce his name "BAHNS", rather than "BARNS", or does he just not care.[/nq]
That depends on the people. I'd expect (typically) English people to pronounce it "BAHNZ" and (typically) American people to pronounce it "BARNZ".
Happy now?
What actually happens is that I say "MIKE BAHNZ" to an American and th
That depends on the people. I'd expect (typically) English people to pronounce it "BAHNZ" and (typically) American people to pronounce it "BARNZ".
Happy now?
What actually happens is that I say "MIKE BAHNZ" to an American and th
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[nq:1]The aue webmaster filted:[/nq]
[nq:2]The page was created after a suggestion by Nobuko Iwasaki ... my invitation (due principally to mailboxes overflowing with Swen messages).[/nq]
[nq:1]Shame that Iwasaki-san's own name isn't on the list, but given the near-legendary consistency of Japanese phonetics, I suppose there's ... the others.. Would have have liked to have seen the pronunci
[nq:2]The page was created after a suggestion by Nobuko Iwasaki ... my invitation (due principally to mailboxes overflowing with Swen messages).[/nq]
[nq:1]Shame that Iwasaki-san's own name isn't on the list, but given the near-legendary consistency of Japanese phonetics, I suppose there's ... the others.. Would have have liked to have seen the pronunci
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You can get by with buying or borrowing a 5$ microphone. Then use
StartMenu->Program->Accessories->Multimedia->Sound Recorder (or similar, depending upon OS version) to make the file.
Richard Maurer To reply, remove half
Sunnyvale, California of a homonym of a synonym for also.
You can get by with buying or borrowing a 5$ microphone. Then use
StartMenu->Program->Accessories->Multimedia->Sound Recorder (or similar, depending upon OS version) to make the file.
Richard Maurer To reply, remove half
Sunnyvale, California of a homonym of a synonym for also.
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[nq:1]how much trouble would it be to put a sound icon on the full picture page which people could click on and hear the associated .wav file?[/nq]
Currently there's a "pronunciation" link on the relevant picture pages - not quite the same thing, but close.
[nq:1]And can someone tell me what equipment and applet (presumably) I would need to make a recording of "Dena Jo... but you can call
Currently there's a "pronunciation" link on the relevant picture pages - not quite the same thing, but close.
[nq:1]And can someone tell me what equipment and applet (presumably) I would need to make a recording of "Dena Jo... but you can call
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