NEED PRONUNCIATIONS for the following words (mostly foreign place names)
Bahariya (in egypt) =
El-Bawitty (in egypt) =
Tel -El-Amarna (in egypt) =
Iren Dabasu (in gobi) =
Uaxactun (mexico) =
Yaxchillan (mexico) =
Canea Gate (on crete) =
das Ahnenerbe (ss archeology unit) = |
Request for Question Clarification by
justaskscott-ga
on
08 May 2005 11:25 PDT
I can provide the pronunciation of all except Iren Dabasu. Would this
be sufficient?
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Clarification of Question by
marzook-ga
on
08 May 2005 13:25 PDT
yes, that would be fine. fp-ga has kindly given me a starting point on that one.
marcy
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Request for Question Clarification by
justaskscott-ga
on
08 May 2005 14:08 PDT
I realize now that I also don't have the pronunciation of El-Bawitty.
However, I do have information like fp's information on Iren Dabasu.
El-Bawitty in Bahariya Oasis is better known as El Bawiti. "Other
Names: Bawiti,Al Baw???,Baw?ti,El Bawiti,El Bawîti."
"Egypt's Hidden Tombs Revealed," by Zahi Hawass
National Geographic.com
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/data/2001/09/01/html/ft_20010901.2.html
"Al Bawiti, Egypt Page"
Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.: Global Gazetteer Version 2.1
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/EG/8/Al_Bawiti.html
If this information is sufficient for El-Bawitty, then I'd be happy to
post pronunciations for the other place names.
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Request for Question Clarification by
justaskscott-ga
on
08 May 2005 14:46 PDT
My copy of the other names for El Bawiti didn't come out well. You
can see the list of names on the "Al Bawiti, Egypt Page" that I cited.
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Clarification of Question by
marzook-ga
on
08 May 2005 15:48 PDT
yes. just give me what pronunciations you have.
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Hello marzook,
The following pages contain pronunciations for these places names in
your list. For the Infoplease pages, you should also consult
Infoplease's "Key to Pronunciation Symbols" at
http://www.infoplease.com/pronkey.html.
Bahariya (in Egypt) = bä"här?'u
"Bahariya"
Infoplease
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0805754.html
Tel el Amarna (in Egypt) = tel el ämär'nä
"Tell el Amarna"
Infoplease
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0848096.html
Uaxactun (Mexico) = wash-ak-toon
"Uaxactun"
Answers.com
http://www.answers.com/Uaxactun
Yaxchillan (Mexico) = yäs"ch?-län', yäsh"-
"Yaxchilán"
Infoplease
http://www.infoplease.com/ipd/A0743586.html
Canea Gate (on Crete) = ku-n?'u
"Canea"
Infoplease
http://www.infoplease.com/ipd/A0360720.html
I didn't find a pronunciation of das Ahenerbe online. However, I
lived in Germany for more than a year, and have experience pronouncing
German. Using Infoplease's "Key to Pronunciation Symbols," the
pronunciation is:
das Ahnenerbe (SS archeology unit) = däs ä'nun-âr'bu
- justaskscott
Search strategy --
Searched for the words in the question (and variations that appeared
in searches) in conjunction with:
pronunciation
pronounced
key
Incidentally, I found that sites besides Answers.com and Infoplease
that are good for pronunciations are FactMonster
(http://www.factmonster.com/) and AllRefer.com (www.allrefer.com/). |
Clarification of Answer by
justaskscott-ga
on
08 May 2005 16:15 PDT
If you can't see any of the symbols I've written in the
pronunciations, you can check the relevant page I've cited. (For
example, you may see a box in my answer instead of a long e.)
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Clarification of Answer by
justaskscott-ga
on
08 May 2005 16:21 PDT
If the pronunciations appear garbled, please let me know so that I may
work on a spelling that looks right on your screen.
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Request for Answer Clarification by
marzook-ga
on
08 May 2005 17:19 PDT
i find the info please very difficult to interpret. for instance, they
have letters, like the final u in bahariya in italics with no
explaination as to what that means. i much prefer answers.com
phoenetic spelling. could you please, at least, give me a phoenetic on
das Ahnenerbe >without< using the info please coding. i am trying to
decifer the others.
thank you.
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Request for Answer Clarification by
marzook-ga
on
08 May 2005 17:35 PDT
thanks for the web sites. if anyone can confrim that i am interpreting
the pronunciation key correctly, i'd sure appreciate it. i have to
send these pronunciations via email, so i can't use all the symbols.
Bahariya = bah-har-ee-uh
Tel -El-Amarna = Tell el are-mar-nah
Uaxactun = Wash-ak-toon
Yaxchillan = yähs-cheech-lahn
Canea Gate = kah-knee-ah
Ahnenerbe = ah-nun-ayr-buh
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Clarification of Answer by
justaskscott-ga
on
08 May 2005 18:02 PDT
I'd correct them to read:
Bahariya = BAH-hah-ree-uh
Tel -El-Amarna = tell el ah-MAR-nah
Uaxactun = wash-ak-toon
Yaxchillan = YAHS-chee-lahn or YASH-chee-lahn
Canea Gate = kuh-NEE-uh
Ahnenerbe = AH-nuhn-AIR-buh (or, if you think it looks better, AH-nin-AIR-buh)
Capital letters indicate the most stressed syllables.
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Clarification of Answer by
justaskscott-ga
on
08 May 2005 18:03 PDT
If my clarification isn't sufficient, please let me know.
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