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Old 11-17-2010, 12:25 AM   #31 (permalink)
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You've never laughed at a mispronunciation until you've heard someone pronounce "faux pas" as "Fawks Pass". I've even heard Louisianians do it, who are predominantly named with French sounding last names like Domangue (doh-mang) and Thibodeaux (tib-a-doh).
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Old 11-17-2010, 12:33 AM   #32 (permalink)
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Speaking of French sounding, crazy ass Louisianian names, it took me the longest time to learn this one: Authement. I still don't know if I'm sayin' it right. They told me it was pronounced "Otto-mont"
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Old 11-17-2010, 12:35 AM   #33 (permalink)
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Sounds like the "g" is pronounced. Like "See-gur Roas"
sigur rós - pronounciation

Kind of sounds like it but not how it's described. I think it's just an epenthesis created by Georg's accent. I wouldn't really call either pronunciations wrong.
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Old 11-17-2010, 12:46 AM   #34 (permalink)
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I'd say those are all easier to pronounce than your user name.
Ahh! Good ol' Welsh. I would love to learn it haha. It looks so completely unpronounceable.

ENG: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
WLSH: Nadolig llawen a blwyddyn newydd dda!
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Old 11-17-2010, 01:15 AM   #35 (permalink)
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Your Avi creeps me out! ^

Anyone know how to say Dimmu Borgir?
I just call them Dimmu, cause I don't know if it's Borgeer, Borgheer, Boargear, or what?
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Why thank you I'm not sure what it is.. which adds to its creepy weirdness. And I'm pretty sure it's pronounced Dimmu Borgeer
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Old 11-17-2010, 02:08 AM   #37 (permalink)
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Speaking of French sounding, crazy ass Louisianian names, it took me the longest time to learn this one: Authement. I still don't know if I'm sayin' it right. They told me it was pronounced "Otto-mont"
More like oat-mont with a silent t, I would think (but still say mont like you would with the t...just stop short).
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Old 11-17-2010, 02:11 AM   #38 (permalink)
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Someone tell me how to pronounce: ///▲▲▲\\\
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Old 11-17-2010, 06:41 AM   #39 (permalink)
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How about Tom Zé? Is it pronounced "zee", "zae", what?
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Old 11-17-2010, 11:37 AM   #40 (permalink)
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How about Tom Zé? Is it pronounced "zee", "zae", what?
pronounced the same way Zé Ramalho's name is pronounced; somewhere between "zey" and "zjae", the same j sound that is in Django's name only added to a "z" sound.

it's really guttural and only easy to communicate if you're actually saying it out loud to someone.
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