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Posted by: awardinary 28th February 2021, 06:04 PM

While we wait for the BJSC 132 results to take place later this evening, I thought I would pick up on a running conversation some of us were having during the listenthrough earlier in the week. The question is how to correctly pronounce your country name.

Having found a free and easy to use “Text to Speech” website, I was able to get a correct pronunciation of my country name;

Zanmatony https://s3.amazonaws.com/text-to-speech.wideo.co/7eebfdd0-79ec-11eb-aa5b-03597edbf937.mp3?AWSAccessKeyId=ASIAZSJTG4QMUT7K4DCE&Expires=1614620621&Signature=T341WFw3FxoeeZxnwkshqO73rQw%3D&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3D%227eebfdd0-79ec-11eb-aa5b-03597edbf937.mp3%22&x-amz-security-token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEGIaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJHMEUCIFiBOSEapVp%2BvPlk3kukUgPGMl0nArGW5lFXZHwcpaVFAiEAno18FZ%2BBYrwdIkO5HsfzG4yAEiIKeqEd4Kv%2B8pxKKxIq1wEIexAAGgw2NTc3NzQyNzM1NjEiDHg2qKYTKdBk9oLfuSq0AR7f4rjAFgaSKGmQPz6fib
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I also checked the pronunciation of the current host,

Danæviia https://s3.amazonaws.com/text-to-speech.wideo.co/e6aff280-79ee-11eb-896a-390272f12aec.mp3?AWSAccessKeyId=ASIAZSJTG4QMYKQ4ZF4Q&Expires=1614621654&Signature=Ljub5PPSCgGxEG1o%2FSThEG7aI4M%3D&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3D%22e6aff280-79ee-11eb-896a-390272f12aec.mp3%22&x-amz-security-token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEGEaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJHMEUCIQCD8mmzRNPh2vTfU1iOSIA0114fSQpCZg
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fd%2BMFPsjOheQe4wNhOcJuPMd5Hc6tS%2F8jhyzZo6xdMPPZB5%2F28cFtGjt2a1P3vEQ70XjVyFzOuvA%2B8ivAF0bCzvGz7J%2B4d%2BfLDClie%2BBBjrgAeYZjJl1fA4R35D6iShKB8rklXYTHXQlsf0rltvyv0JC9Vn4sEZPh4X4i47WHAMnIN%2BumovLUark8VSLbHtJ%2FRSe2AiRo7FWKAorPtW7gUlTu%2BgfKLqH5f7ZaVBn%2FU%2F33e%2Fh00trQeww6y1BC2dy2FRF%2Bu3JGX7RXf%2F%2FciPNN80aMe5bH6eKlLHp%2Bd1pXH2pP13xXtF8mME16qkGpw4J32wFPeXZa9p2sDhR6rpsWGrmKkeB%2B5RlJIdX0Br6WDYZiPv1Uva7UGaDnBKeieHZsLpOdI4YZ3AJvjCp%2F39WO6QH

Have a go at entering your country name into this search box and see if the pronunciation is what you expected it to be;



https://wideo.co/text-to-speech/

Posted by: ClaudiaKinkleman 28th February 2021, 06:09 PM

POPHub [Win-ners]

Posted by: dan :: G 28th February 2021, 06:13 PM

Well I can confirm that the website is WRONG and it's pronounced Dan-ayy-via ayy like the letter A that is.

Posted by: ✖ leww ✖ 28th February 2021, 06:15 PM

Mine says Air Roach. come on surviving the apocalypse!!

Posted by: King Rollo 28th February 2021, 06:18 PM

They pronounced Rolloland correctly. It's Rollo rhyming with Hollow, not like Rolo chocolates.

Posted by: Dill Doe 28th February 2021, 06:36 PM

Beaver, like the animal, and donia, as in a land made of dough, pronounced, doe-knee-ah

Posted by: dandy* 28th February 2021, 06:41 PM

Is yours not Air-rock?

Posted by: ✖ leww ✖ 28th February 2021, 06:42 PM

that's how i intended it! but not according to wardy's text-to-speech

Posted by: dandy* 28th February 2021, 06:43 PM

I've always pronounced mine Flow-ta-veek, I think that is right but I'm not 100% sure.

Posted by: dandy* 28th February 2021, 06:45 PM

Oh I see!!! Just tried mine through that and apparently I have been contradicted. It should be F. L. Jot-a-vick

Posted by: Qween 28th February 2021, 06:46 PM

I feel like mine is pretty simple, but: All-tear (as in that which you cry) Mew-knee-Linst.

The speech thing seems to go for: Al-tear (as in to rip something) Moo-knee-linst which is very wrong.

Posted by: Bré 28th February 2021, 06:48 PM

The text to speech said mine sort of correctly although slightly weirdly (too much emphasis on 'seph' and not enough on 'ni'). At least it didn't say 'phone'. x (edit: actually after replaying it it kind of does say 'phone', I take that back)

(it gets it right if you put in 'Persephone a' instead xx)

Posted by: Quarantilas 28th February 2021, 06:54 PM

The German voice on that is closest to how it is pronounced with the exception that the R in Áskorza is a tapped R, as in Scottish English, but otherwise it’s fairly good

Posted by: awardinary 28th February 2021, 06:59 PM

https://s3.amazonaws.com/text-to-speech.wideo.co/ef442b70-79f6-11eb-867b-8753a08c88f9.mp3?AWSAccessKeyId=ASIAZSJTG4QM27Q34A2O&Expires=1614625104&Signature=58rx%2FCr40cJiJ17nS7vk8mgZixY%3D&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3D%22ef442b70-79f6-11eb-867b-8753a08c88f9.mp3%22&x-amz-security-token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEGMaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJHMEUCIQDd%2BmYlj9NuWlA0T%2FIIx1H8mNFOEVACxsfL5DeGI6ZV2wIgecdmDmmnJ0bq%2BWp%2FrKO4h5fsZVKLmpuPVjp2%2FtiK%2Fooq1wEIexAAGgw2NTc3NzQyNzM1NjEiDExCV5IN6uZkpz1v7Cq0AS%2Fd2OGpx%2FAZH2H4%2BV6xM9zVaMvGJvbCaQxwgH%2BCHCq0Ty8bQd4%2BEZLmLQ49e1aGEEQi7yk%2Fg2sYu28X%2FwH%2F9sQpNLZGaD01z743uIwNJg04RfsZ34K%2FzuDiJuTSdABAerIhfyGdRtrCUtL9kfg2PujAWKIN55CJf92%2B0wKbY84BfYUb3r6VCHWk7DxK15DwYf%2FpL%2Fv61iiMDnCmB9XhT3hBrjLZt62LI3IBwacEJScDFubYnjDIvO%2BBBjrgAeFs96XEGyEvgz2c0VXQld%2FNH0JPN7qzPTeA5bivPtvrUKb2sXfo3JanNAbvwVDkWlYe8mzu39GQ20a8witiY5Xe0khLChKK9ngPW
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Posted by: Oliver 28th February 2021, 07:05 PM

The Greek woman (I'm assuming it was meant to be Greek) was the closest for mine: cad-a-lee-see-ya

Posted by: Vülker 28th February 2021, 07:09 PM

The website does mine almost correctly if it wasn't for the mispronounced Ü.

It's Vool-kee-ree-ah not Voll-kee-ree-ah.

Posted by: jakee 28th February 2021, 07:12 PM

for some time now i’ve been desperate to know how exactly ‘singerpurear’ is pronounced

@popchartfreak

Posted by: Dill Doe 28th February 2021, 07:15 PM

Clearly it is air - och (like thr ch in chair) - ey??

Posted by: Popchartfreak 28th February 2021, 07:28 PM

It's a warping of Singapore into Singer-Pure-Ear, as in I'm all ears when it comes to listening to music

Posted by: Popchartfreak 28th February 2021, 07:31 PM

...and yet in my head it's the very very classy Air-rosh, as in roche moutonnees, French-sounding and ice-age features (ie cool)

Posted by: jAddy! 28th February 2021, 07:36 PM

Bo-tanik-aaa very simple.

Posted by: awardinary 28th February 2021, 07:38 PM

https://s3.amazonaws.com/text-to-speech.wideo.co/5659b050-79fc-11eb-82b7-8391e01d9ad6.mp3?AWSAccessKeyId=ASIAZSJTG4QM5NVV4MNU&Expires=1614627425&Signature=UoFkSemA4xe0NzsqdFhBjOcFh24%3D&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3D%225659b050-79fc-11eb-82b7-8391e01d9ad6.mp3%22&x-amz-security-token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEGQaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJIMEYCIQCMe4biEHe4znreUs7L0TnebUvhTbOexo
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When I hear this all I can hear is Metallica!

Posted by: uhsting 28th February 2021, 07:41 PM

TTS got it pretty much right:

sow-vur-RAAS-maa

Hope it didn't confuse lol

Posted by: diva thin muffin 28th February 2021, 07:46 PM

Mosquetania [Moss-kih-tanya]

Posted by: cOddEye 28th February 2021, 07:49 PM

it sounds more like comeback

Posted by: jAddy! 28th February 2021, 07:50 PM

it sounds like Bow(US version)-Tanikaa

Posted by: Bré 28th February 2021, 07:55 PM

I've always thought it was 'tay-nee-a' oop x

Posted by: awardinary 28th February 2021, 07:55 PM

https://s3.amazonaws.com/text-to-speech.wideo.co/ca589870-79fe-11eb-82b7-8391e01d9ad6.mp3?AWSAccessKeyId=ASIAZSJTG4QM5NVV4MNU&Expires=1614628478&Signature=cAgiTjVWQBJHMUVtUBx%2Fm4MVQVc%3D&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3D%22ca589870-79fe-11eb-82b7-8391e01d9ad6.mp3%22&x-amz-security-token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEGQaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJIMEYCIQCMe4biEHe4znreUs7L0TnebUvhTbOexo
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Posted by: jAddy! 28th February 2021, 07:56 PM

LMAO that is so funny.

Posted by: Doctor Blind 28th February 2021, 09:28 PM

CUMULONIMBIA
latin: meaning often unreliable

Q·μ·low·nim·bia

OR if you're Pav just deliberately murder it by saying Cumbum. : (

By the way, I call shenanigans on that text to voice thing because I put in Bré and it said 'Bray' and not 'Brie'.

Posted by: jakewild 28th February 2021, 09:54 PM

number oh oh two seven four e apparently

Posted by: jakewild 28th February 2021, 09:56 PM

I do love saying N DNTN in my head tho

endientien

Posted by: Doctor Blind 28th February 2021, 10:02 PM

Isn't it just 'numbers' or 'not152chris' ?

Posted by: jakewild 28th February 2021, 10:14 PM

not152chris is a good shout for whenever I make a bjsc comeback

Posted by: Bré 28th February 2021, 10:17 PM

We are thirsty for the numbers comeback

Posted by: Doctor Blind 28th February 2021, 10:29 PM

OMG this !!

Posted by: Iz 💀 1st March 2021, 03:24 AM

I put the é in Séyetana specifically to force people into the correct 'Say-eh-tah-nah' (please exaggerate to ridiculous amounts in an RP voice thanks) and after playing around with that a bit I'm happy that it at least forces the American voices into the correct pronunciation, the British and Australians get it right without the accent.

Posted by: Jacob 😮 1st March 2021, 01:09 PM

It says mine as "Alan-Dore". Which makes sense I guess because I partly based the name on my middle name Alan but I put the Ae in there for a REASON.

I tend to think of it as "Ayy-e-land-or". Or "Ayy-land-or" (both pronunciations are pretty close to each other x). It's a bit closer if you put it in to the TTS as Aélandor I suppose.

Posted by: Dobbo. 1st March 2021, 04:11 PM

That site says it like Doe-Bay-Go but the Do part is O like in pot.

But correct to be Bay-Go rather than Bah-Go.

Posted by: 152chris 4th March 2021, 03:54 PM

the worst part is u know that's not even right

Posted by: Klumzee 4th March 2021, 04:02 PM

Cluh-min-i-cun Ruh-pub-lick ~

say it how you see it! aka just like Dominican Republic

Posted by: uhsting 3rd February 2024, 12:10 AM

Bumping this thread so that when I run through the text-to-speech (TTS) machine, it doesn't butcher your nation's pronunciation

Posted by: gooddelta 3rd February 2024, 08:54 AM

F S R Ront-vee-uh

(vee-uh not vy-uh)

Posted by: Linds. 3rd February 2024, 11:19 AM

??? I've always pronounced it as Ay-ro-shay I guess in our decade long friendship we've never verbally mentioned bjsc country names


The H in Taahino is more Y sounding, so Taah-yee-no

Posted by: Colm 3rd February 2024, 12:33 PM

Spod as in pod.
ic Empire as in ic Empire.

Posted by: Y'all Starlight 3rd February 2024, 01:50 PM

If you know how to pronounce Abel Tesfaye then you should be pretty good at saying my country's name

If you don't - Ay-bel-tess-fai-ay-ton

Posted by: lewistgreen 3rd February 2024, 01:53 PM

(Thel-oh-knee-ah)

Posted by: Cow P 3rd February 2024, 02:26 PM

/Iz-tov-kah'/

Posted by: calxyum 3rd February 2024, 07:19 PM

POP-Hub

Posted by: Brer 3rd February 2024, 07:35 PM

Wait, your country isn't pronounced 'po-fub'? My life is a lie