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| Thread ID: 33439 | 2003-05-16 06:30:00 | WFTWE #50....Holophrasis....The entree!....Inside is the real WFTWE.... | Billy T (70) | Press F1 |
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| 144712 | 2003-05-17 01:53:00 | Thomas certainly has a way > with words, but it is too sardonic for my liking. :p You should give up eating so many sardines Thomas........ its making you far too sardonic |
Baldy (26) | ||
| 144713 | 2003-05-17 02:12:00 | >Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg >Pronunciation guide: Your guess is as good as mine As you are trying to get your tongue around this one Billy, have you thought that the "g" may be pronounced as in the Samoan written "g"? When foreigners first started committing Samoan to paper, they wrote "g" for the sound "ng" (as in sing), whereas when Mâori was first written, the writers expressed the same sound as "ng". So in Mâori you would write down Tangaroa, whereas in Samoan it would be written Tagaloa, with the "g" actually being the same sound in both spoken languages (this is far more complicated to write than it really is...). So, if the first English speakers to write this Indian language down used "g" for the sound "ng" (as in song), what would your word sound like? And what would two "gg"s sound like?? - "ngng"??? Now try and say it! John (why did I bother posting this rubbish?) |
John H (8) | ||
| 144714 | 2003-05-17 02:21:00 | Because the point of this forum is to help people, so you tried to help us all? | agent (30) | ||
| 144715 | 2003-05-17 03:10:00 | Thanks John That was really worthwhile . You opened a window into Polynesian language that is very interesting and helpful . All I need now is a guide to Native American pronunciation, and I bet Google can provide that too! Cheers Billy 8-{) :) [pre][b]PS Thomas, Jack is your old mate JJJJ . Didn't you know his name? Don't forget to invite him along too . :p |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 144716 | 2003-05-17 03:17:00 | A lake with a similar name was featured (abbreviated ;-)) in one of E.E. (Doc) Smith's SF books. Since pronunciation has raisaed its ugly face ... who can suggest a way to say ghoti.? |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 144717 | 2003-05-17 04:17:00 | Well done, Billy, you came up with a cracker one for your half century. I have still not unraveled my tongue from the knots it got tied up in. :p :D John H: Your observation on pronunciation was really interesting. I should ask my Welsh mother to have a go as her pronunciation of the "gg" bits would be totally different from the "Kiwi way". Where is Poppa John, he would know. ;-) And wouldn't it be fun having a big group of people from different countries and asking them all to pronounce their version of it? :D |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 144718 | 2003-05-17 04:18:00 | > And wouldn't it be fun having a big group of people > from different countries and asking them all to > pronounce their version of it? :D Even funnier if they all spoke at once hehehehe |
Baldy (26) | ||
| 144719 | 2003-05-17 04:51:00 | Ghoti is pronounced "Fish" Cheers Billy 8-{) :D |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 144720 | 2003-05-17 06:32:00 | I thought it was the hair on your chinny, chin, chin | Baldy (26) | ||
| 144721 | 2003-05-17 08:07:00 | the gh = f as in rouGH the o = i as in wOmen the ti = sh as in naTIon Of course, this was a joke. The word "ghoti" is not even a real word. But it showed the inconsistency of English spelling. |
Thomas (1820) | ||
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