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Think genera and omit the er.
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Posted 2016-February-11, 15:43
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Posted 2016-February-11, 16:08
Al_U_Card, on 2016-February-11, 15:43, said:
Think genera and omit the er.
Not quite, one of the rules I do know is that in Hungarian a is pronounced as a short o, it needs an accent to be pronounced as an a. Also I always pronounced Genera as Jenera, the G is hard in Gera. It's closer to error with a hard G on the front but that doesn't quite get the a correct.
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Posted 2016-February-14, 12:04
When I was at Michigan State University, situated on the banks of the Red Cedar in East Lansing, the Rolling Stones gave a concert in Spartan Stadium as part of their Voodoo Lounge tour.
After the first song Mick Jagger shouted into the audience: "It is great to be here in Lansing." Unfortunately, he didn't know how to pronounce Lansing. (He pronounced the 'a' in the British way, as in "cigar', instead of the American way as in ... err ... 'Jagger'.) He also pronounced Michigan as 'Mitchigan' (instead of 'Mishigan'). At the time I thought I was lucky that I didn't see them in 'Tchicago' or 'Tcheboygan'.
Obviously, we can complain about these mistakes forever. That would be rather sad, though, given that it was a fantastic concert.
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After the first song Mick Jagger shouted into the audience: "It is great to be here in Lansing." Unfortunately, he didn't know how to pronounce Lansing. (He pronounced the 'a' in the British way, as in "cigar', instead of the American way as in ... err ... 'Jagger'.) He also pronounced Michigan as 'Mitchigan' (instead of 'Mishigan'). At the time I thought I was lucky that I didn't see them in 'Tchicago' or 'Tcheboygan'.
Obviously, we can complain about these mistakes forever. That would be rather sad, though, given that it was a fantastic concert.
Rik
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the new discoveries, is not “Eureka!” (I found it!), but “That’s funny…” – Isaac Asimov
The only reason God did not put "Thou shalt mind thine own business" in the Ten Commandments was that He thought that it was too obvious to need stating. - Kenberg
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Posted 2016-February-14, 12:14
You should hear the English trying to pronounce Maryland or Newfoundland!
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Posted 2016-February-14, 12:45
I'd attribute "Lahnsing" to his British accent. I expect he uses the same "ah" sound when saying "dancing".
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Posted 2016-February-14, 16:05
barmar, on 2016-February-14, 12:45, said:
I'd attribute "Lahnsing" to his British accent. I expect he uses the same "ah" sound when saying "dancing".
And also that Lancing in England is pronounced like that.