Pronunciation help: all languages

Post your questions & get help from friendly LibriVoxers
lezer
Posts: 8709
Joined: July 28th, 2007, 3:27 pm
Location: The Netherlands

Post by lezer »

Peter Why wrote:I bet he practiced for that!

And, now on cookery, still in the Encyclopaedia, could I have some French assistance, please?

Autres temps, autres moeurs

cailles à la Mirepoix

chartreuses à la Mauconseil

poulets à la Villeroy

gigot à la Mailly

(surnames: ) Brunoy, Bougeant

Grimod de la Reynière

Manuel des amphitryons

rue des Poulies

Cambacérès

Rechaud

Mérillion

Beauvilliers

Anthelme Brillat-Savasin

Physiologie du goût


Thank you,

Peter
Well, my French pronunciation is not perfect, but if you are desperate, here is some indication of what it would most likely sound like:
https://librivox.org/uploads/xx-nonproject/Peter_French.mp3
....
Hopefully someone French stops by at some point.
Anna
Peter Why
Posts: 5815
Joined: November 24th, 2005, 3:54 am
Location: Chigwell (North-East London, U.K.)

Post by Peter Why »

Thanks, Anna,

I'll go with what you've given me. Any mangling is my responsibility .. besides, it's for the Insomnia Collection, and might never get heard.

Peter
"I think, therefore I am, I think." Solomon Cohen, in Terry Pratchett's Dodger
Elizabby
Posts: 9209
Joined: April 1st, 2011, 5:36 pm
Location: Kelsingra

Post by Elizabby »

lezer wrote:
Hi Elizabby,
https://librivox.org/uploads/xx-nonproject/vlamertinghe.mp3

Vlamertinghe and Poperinghe are Flemish, so pronunciation resembles Dutch, and Ypres in the Wallonic (or is it Walloon in English?), so more French pronunciation, like Ruth said.
Brilliant! Thank you so much - I'll post this on the project thread! :thumbs:
pschempf
Posts: 2065
Joined: April 5th, 2013, 8:28 pm
Location: Coastal Alaska Rainforest
Contact:

Post by pschempf »

:help: Need a spot of help with a British Columbia place name - Leanchoil, a train stop just west of Banff. The name is Scottish in origin. I believe the name is from an estate in Scotland. There is also a Leanchoil Hospital in Forres (Scotland). Any help will be appreciated so I don't really butcher it. Thanks much.
Fritz

"A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labors of a spasmodic Hercules."

Trollope
RuthieG
Posts: 21957
Joined: April 17th, 2008, 8:41 am
Location: Kent, England
Contact:

Post by RuthieG »

I phoned up the hospital ;).
https://librivox.org/uploads/ruthieg/leanchoil.mp3

Of course, it may be pronounced differently in Canada :? .

Ruth
My LV catalogue page | RuthieG's CataBlog of recordings | Tweet: @RuthGolding
pschempf
Posts: 2065
Joined: April 5th, 2013, 8:28 pm
Location: Coastal Alaska Rainforest
Contact:

Post by pschempf »

Thank you, Ruth. :thumbs: I was wondering if the pronunciation might have mutated over the miles and years, but this has better roots than what was in my imagination. I read that Leanchoil Hospital has had its ups and downs in recent years. Glad to hear it is still serving the people of Forres.
Fritz

"A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labors of a spasmodic Hercules."

Trollope
Peter Why
Posts: 5815
Joined: November 24th, 2005, 3:54 am
Location: Chigwell (North-East London, U.K.)

Post by Peter Why »

Could someone help me with a few words of (I think) German, please? These are from one of Saki's short stories. The first is a, presumably, made-up name of a small town:

Knobaltheim

Gnädige Frau

Peter
"I think, therefore I am, I think." Solomon Cohen, in Terry Pratchett's Dodger
pschempf
Posts: 2065
Joined: April 5th, 2013, 8:28 pm
Location: Coastal Alaska Rainforest
Contact:

Post by pschempf »

My best guess for Knobaltheim would be something like-

knowb-alt'-hime
knowb as in owe a debt, k is sounded, b is sounded, but lightly
alt with the a as in father with light emphasis on this syllable
hime would rhyme with rhyme :roll:

I am not a native German speaker so take it for what it's worth, but I think it would serve.

Good audio recording of Gnädige Frau (madame) here:
http://en.bab.la/dictionary/german-english/gnaedige-frau
Fritz

"A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labors of a spasmodic Hercules."

Trollope
Peter Why
Posts: 5815
Joined: November 24th, 2005, 3:54 am
Location: Chigwell (North-East London, U.K.)

Post by Peter Why »

That will do nicely!
Thank you very much.

Peter
"I think, therefore I am, I think." Solomon Cohen, in Terry Pratchett's Dodger
RuthieG
Posts: 21957
Joined: April 17th, 2008, 8:41 am
Location: Kent, England
Contact:

Post by RuthieG »

In case it isn't clear, you would pronounce the initial k sound in knobaltheim.

Ruth
My LV catalogue page | RuthieG's CataBlog of recordings | Tweet: @RuthGolding
Peter Why
Posts: 5815
Joined: November 24th, 2005, 3:54 am
Location: Chigwell (North-East London, U.K.)

Post by Peter Why »

Thanks, Ruth, I got that. I've uploaded the finished recording.

Peter
"I think, therefore I am, I think." Solomon Cohen, in Terry Pratchett's Dodger
kathrinee
Posts: 8397
Joined: May 14th, 2012, 5:09 am
Location: in the sun

Post by kathrinee »

For future reference (I'm sure I'll forget this... :roll: ): here is a book (google.book, though) with a table on page 24 that writes out (with letters) how to say numbers in latin https://books.google.com/books?id=TaAXAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=latin+for+beginners&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj495ja4cnMAhWMSCYKHSeJC2IQ6AEISjAI#v=onepage&q=numerals&f=false
Kathrine
Peter Why
Posts: 5815
Joined: November 24th, 2005, 3:54 am
Location: Chigwell (North-East London, U.K.)

Post by Peter Why »

Could someone help with a little German pronunciation for me, please?

Franz Schmidt

Mathematische Annalen


Peter
"I think, therefore I am, I think." Solomon Cohen, in Terry Pratchett's Dodger
Availle
LibriVox Admin Team
Posts: 22429
Joined: August 1st, 2009, 11:30 pm
Contact:

Post by Availle »

Cheers, Ava.
Resident witch of LibriVox, channelling
Granny Weatherwax: "I ain't Nice."

--
AvailleAudio.com
Peter Why
Posts: 5815
Joined: November 24th, 2005, 3:54 am
Location: Chigwell (North-East London, U.K.)

Post by Peter Why »

Thanks, Ava;

Reading on, I've found a few more. I'll record to the end of my section and will be back here with more!

Peter
"I think, therefore I am, I think." Solomon Cohen, in Terry Pratchett's Dodger
Post Reply