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How Do You Pronounce ____________?
But the Hoopoe call is 3 syllables...- opisska
- Post #116
- Forum: Birds & Birding
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How Do You Pronounce ____________?
Oh good, I never knew how jaeger should sound, so I always call them skuas when needed :) Obviously it makes sense as it's a German word.- opisska
- Post #105
- Forum: Birds & Birding
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How Do You Pronounce ____________?
My bad, I meant that, didn't know how to indicate it properly.- opisska
- Post #90
- Forum: Birds & Birding
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How Do You Pronounce ____________?
A name like Prothonotary looks Latin to me and I read Latin words using Czech rules, because Czech writing system is derived from Latin. I know that it's technically wrong because back when Latin was an actual spoken language it actually wasn't read like that - but now that Latin does not really...- opisska
- Post #88
- Forum: Birds & Birding
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How Do You Pronounce ____________?
I dunno. I think that if the name is basically unchanged, then the original pronunciation should be kept - because why not? Why would you just take a word and change it slightly, because that's how you think that it should be read? I have absolutely nothing against languages having their own...- opisska
- Post #65
- Forum: Birds & Birding