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Usenet Posted 23 years ago
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Proposed addition of name pronunciations to the AUE site
[nq:1]I would very much appreciate if there would be an ASCII IPA list of how-to-pronounce-AUE-regulars-names (or wav.files of their names) somewhere in the AUE website.[/nq]
An excellent suggestion.
One slight hitch is that the same name will be pronounced quite differently according to the regional influences on the speaker. The best approach would be, I think, to use the person's own pronunciation of their name.
One place this information might go is in the gallery. The gallery currently contains pictures of AUEers who've decided that they want to be present. Some people have added additional information about themselves. One regular has explained how his name is pronounced.
I'm proposing to create a new slot in the title bar, underneath the person's name, where a brief indication of its pronunciation can be placed. To give you an idea of how this might work, I've inserted a pronunciation guide to my own name, at:
http://alt-usage-english.org/AUE gallery/mike barnes.html
What does everybody think?
The minimum useful information is an ASCII IPA rendition. Sound files are nice but not essential. If anyone wanted to supply a pronunciation guide but no picture or anything else, that would be fine. I'm quite happy to provide assistance with ASCII IPA and sound files.
If there are enough contributions, I might create a new page containing copies of all the pronunciations together.
Best regards
Mike Barnes
Webmaster, http://alt-usage-english.org/
An excellent suggestion.
One slight hitch is that the same name will be pronounced quite differently according to the regional influences on the speaker. The best approach would be, I think, to use the person's own pronunciation of their name.
One place this information might go is in the gallery. The gallery currently contains pictures of AUEers who've decided that they want to be present. Some people have added additional information about themselves. One regular has explained how his name is pronounced.
I'm proposing to create a new slot in the title bar, underneath the person's name, where a brief indication of its pronunciation can be placed. To give you an idea of how this might work, I've inserted a pronunciation guide to my own name, at:
http://alt-usage-english.org/AUE gallery/mike barnes.html
What does everybody think?
The minimum useful information is an ASCII IPA rendition. Sound files are nice but not essential. If anyone wanted to supply a pronunciation guide but no picture or anything else, that would be fine. I'm quite happy to provide assistance with ASCII IPA and sound files.
If there are enough contributions, I might create a new page containing copies of all the pronunciations together.
Best regards
Mike Barnes
Webmaster, http://alt-usage-english.org/
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[/nq] Here's one person who doesn't think that's useful information at all. I hate ASCII IPA. It's a chore for many of us to try to decipher it.
- [/nq] Here's one person who doesn't think that's useful information at all.
- I hate ASCII IPA.
- It's a chore for many of us to try to decipher it.
- I think you should go with a more informal rendition.
- Dena Jo (Email: Replace TPUBGTH with denajo2)
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[nq:1]The minimum useful information is an ASCII IPA rendition.[/nq]
Here's one person who doesn't think that's useful information at all. I hate ASCII IPA. It's a chore for many of us to try to decipher it. I think you should go with a more informal rendition.
Dena Jo
(Email: Replace TPUBGTH with denajo2)
Here's one person who doesn't think that's useful information at all. I hate ASCII IPA. It's a chore for many of us to try to decipher it. I think you should go with a more informal rendition.
Dena Jo
(Email: Replace TPUBGTH with denajo2)
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[nq:2]The minimum useful information is an ASCII IPA rendition.[/nq]
[nq:1]Here's one person who doesn't think that's useful information at all. I hate ASCII IPA. It's a chore for many of us to try to decipher it. I think you should go with a more informal rendition.[/nq]
I'd agree: the minimum useful information would be an ASCII IPA rendition and an informal one.
Like you, I d
[nq:1]Here's one person who doesn't think that's useful information at all. I hate ASCII IPA. It's a chore for many of us to try to decipher it. I think you should go with a more informal rendition.[/nq]
I'd agree: the minimum useful information would be an ASCII IPA rendition and an informal one.
Like you, I d
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[nq:2]Here's one person who doesn't think that's useful information at ... I think you should go with a more informal rendition.[/nq]
[nq:1]I'd agree: the minimum useful information would be an ASCII IPA rendition and an informal one. Like you, I don't ... IPA forms would unduly restrict access to the information to the sub- set of posters who are familiar with it.[/nq]
So what info
[nq:1]I'd agree: the minimum useful information would be an ASCII IPA rendition and an informal one. Like you, I don't ... IPA forms would unduly restrict access to the information to the sub- set of posters who are familiar with it.[/nq]
So what info
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[nq:1]So what informal notation do you propose that can be unambiguously read by the non-cognoscenti? Not a dig at you, Im genuinely curiosu to know if such a beast exists.[/nq]
There ain't no such animal. See my recent discussion of the representation of just one word (an unconventional pronunciation of the word "imperialism") at
There ain't no such animal. See my recent discussion of the representation of just one word (an unconventional pronunciation of the word "imperialism") at
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[nq:1]So what informal notation do you propose that can be unambiguously read by the non-cognoscenti? Not a dig at you, Im genuinely curiosu to know if such a beast exists.[/nq]
Perhaps one could use the example words in the table here: http://www.alt-usage-english.org/ipa/ascii
Perhaps one could use the example words in the table here: http://www.alt-usage-english.org/ipa/ascii
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[nq:2]The minimum useful information is an ASCII IPA rendition.[/nq]
[nq:1]Here's one person who doesn't think that's useful information at all. I hate ASCII IPA. It's a chore for many of us to try to decipher it. I think you should go with a more informal rendition.[/nq]
I'm no great fan of ASCII IPA either, and one of the benefits of this exercise might be that I get better at it. :-)
[nq:1]Here's one person who doesn't think that's useful information at all. I hate ASCII IPA. It's a chore for many of us to try to decipher it. I think you should go with a more informal rendition.[/nq]
I'm no great fan of ASCII IPA either, and one of the benefits of this exercise might be that I get better at it. :-)
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[nq:1]I'm no great fan of ASCII IPA either, and one of the benefits of this exercise might be that I get better at it. :-)[/nq]
I think if, as Harvey suggested, we had both the ASCII IPA and the informal rendition, one beneath the other, it would help many of us to learn the ASCII IPA.
Dena Jo
(Email: Replace TPUBGTH with denajo2)
I think if, as Harvey suggested, we had both the ASCII IPA and the informal rendition, one beneath the other, it would help many of us to learn the ASCII IPA.
Dena Jo
(Email: Replace TPUBGTH with denajo2)
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[nq:2]I'm no great fan of ASCII IPA either, and one of the benefits of this exercise might be that I get better at it. :-)[/nq]
[nq:1]I think if, as Harvey suggested, we had both the ASCII IPA and the informal rendition, one beneath the other, it would help many of us to learn the ASCII IPA.[/nq]
Yeah, it might well do that, which would be useful.
I think the most important
[nq:1]I think if, as Harvey suggested, we had both the ASCII IPA and the informal rendition, one beneath the other, it would help many of us to learn the ASCII IPA.[/nq]
Yeah, it might well do that, which would be useful.
I think the most important
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[nq:1]The pronunciation of posters' names, though, overlaps with general interest matters it's not of interest only to those with a particular bent towards discussing pronunciation..[/nq]
Why else would you want to pronounce them, if your contact is in writing only?
Why else would you want to pronounce them, if your contact is in writing only?
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[nq:1]http://alt-usage-english.org/AUE gallery/mike barnes.html What does everybody think?[/nq]
This particular everybody thinks it's spot-on!
Jolly good show!
GJV
This particular everybody thinks it's spot-on!
Jolly good show!
GJV
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