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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Linguistics Studies

Question concerning pronunciation

Hello there!

Could anyone please help me with the following subject: I like to know how one pronounces the following words:

"Chaucer" , "Beowulf" "Sanskrit", "Satem", "Centum"

It would be great if anyone could give me the phonetic transcription for these words.

Thanks!

Kate
  

Top answer

"Chaucer" rhymes with "saucer". "Beowulf" is pronounced "bear-wolf". "Sanskrit" is pronounced with the same "a " sound as in "and".

— Forbes

  • "Chaucer" rhymes with "saucer".
  • "Beowulf" is pronounced "bear-wolf".
  • "Sanskrit" is pronounced with the same "a " sound as in "and".
  • "Satem" is pronounced with the same "a" as in "father".
  • "Centum" in Classical Latin was pronounced wth a "hard" "c" (=k) and should be prounced that way when talking about the satem/centum split in Indo-European languages.
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"Chaucer" rhymes with "saucer".

"Beowulf" is pronounced "bear-wolf".

"Sanskrit" is pronounced with the same "a " sound as in "and".

"Satem" is pronounced with the same "a" as in "father".

"Centum" in Classical Latin was pronounced wth a "hard" "c" (=k) and should be prounced that way when talking about the satem/centum split in Indo-European languages. Otherwi
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Forbes"Chaucer" rhymes with "saucer".

"Beowulf" is pronounced "bear-wolf".

In the States, we say "bay-o-wolf". I know that in BE an 'r' appears in many places we don't put one, so that's probably the explanation for our small difference.
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I thinbk he meant the British pronounciation of bear, in which you don't sound the r. So, the sound is pretty similar to the way you described it...
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