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Juranamo View member profile	23rd February 2012, 10:42 PM Post #1
"Everything seems different the second time around." Joined: 10 April 2008 Posts: 8,682 User: 5,830	How do we all pronounce our own/other people's contries. (particularly the odd ones. ) Juranabaijan = Jer-ann-ah-bye-jahn. Séyetana = Say-eh-tar-nar. Fljótavík = Fl-oh-tah-vik. Caerfyrddia = Care-fer-did-ee-ah. I'm probably terrible with my pronunciantions.


gooddelta View member profile	23rd February 2012, 10:50 PM Post #2
Hello? Joined: 8 March 2006 Posts: 83,050 User: 116	I've always thought of Fljótavík as Fyoh-ta-vik, the first syllable rhyming with the sound of 'do' in dog, otherwise I'd agree with your pronunciations of the others. For the record FSR Rontvia is F-S-R-Ront-vee-uh


Klumzee View member profile	23rd February 2012, 10:55 PM Post #3
#TeamAnneMarie Joined: 3 July 2010 Posts: 18,273 User: 11,421	Kluminican Republic is exactly how it sounds! Cluh-min-ih-can Re-pub-lick? I've never tried pronouncing Fljotavik's name though, way too hard!


Juranamo View member profile	23rd February 2012, 10:57 PM Post #4
"Everything seems different the second time around." Joined: 10 April 2008 Posts: 8,682 User: 5,830	QUOTE(gooddelta @ Feb 23 2012, 10:50 PM) I've always thought of Fljótavík as Fyoh-ta-vik, the first syllable rhyming with the sound of 'do' in dog, otherwise I'd agree with your pronunciations of the others. For the record FSR Rontvia is F-S-R-Ront-vee-uh I guess that looks more like it sounds, I'm just silentising the 'j' instead of the 'l' that you silentise! Dandy, confirmation plz?


Ghosty. View member profile	23rd February 2012, 11:00 PM Post #5
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 4 November 2009 Posts: 7,088 User: 9,886	Caerfyrddia = Kai-ver-vee-uh


LexC View member profile	23rd February 2012, 11:01 PM Post #6
Attack Dog/Sass Queen Joined: 29 January 2008 Posts: 16,022 User: 5,342	Allecian's quite easy to pronounce Ah-liss-ey-an


gooddelta View member profile	23rd February 2012, 11:04 PM Post #7
Hello? Joined: 8 March 2006 Posts: 83,050 User: 116	QUOTE(Ghosty. @ Feb 23 2012, 11:00 PM) Caerfyrddia = Kai-ver-vee-uh Definitely would have never got that. A year living in Wales and I picked up NOTHING! Also thought that Allecian was Ah-lee-shun


Hitstastic View member profile	23rd February 2012, 11:04 PM Post #8
Sundream Joined: 31 December 2009 Posts: 14,361 User: 10,347	Batidas is pronounced ba-tee-das (I know, shocking!!! ) As for Fljótavík, I pronounce it was flo-ta-vik (flo sounding like "for"). Caerfyrddia I always thought was pronounced as "car-frid-ee-ya"


Juranamo View member profile	23rd February 2012, 11:09 PM Post #9
"Everything seems different the second time around." Joined: 10 April 2008 Posts: 8,682 User: 5,830	QUOTE(Ghosty. @ Feb 23 2012, 11:00 PM) Caerfyrddia = Kai-ver-vee-uh Woah. No 'd''s in the pronuncianton despite there being two. QUOTE(LexC @ Feb 23 2012, 11:01 PM) Allecian's quite easy to pronounce Ah-liss-ey-an Similar to Rich, I thought this was Ah-leesh-ee-an.


LexC View member profile	23rd February 2012, 11:09 PM Post #10
Attack Dog/Sass Queen Joined: 29 January 2008 Posts: 16,022 User: 5,342	QUOTE(gooddelta @ Feb 23 2012, 11:04 PM) Also thought that Allecian was Ah-lee-shun I'm only just seeing that now, it's more of an 'Alice' sounding pronunciation rather than an 'Alesha' one!


Juranamo View member profile	23rd February 2012, 11:16 PM Post #11
"Everything seems different the second time around." Joined: 10 April 2008 Posts: 8,682 User: 5,830	With Usfland, I give up and just pronounce it U-S-F-land.


Ghosty. View member profile	23rd February 2012, 11:18 PM Post #12
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 4 November 2009 Posts: 7,088 User: 9,886	QUOTE(gooddelta @ Feb 23 2012, 11:04 PM) Definitely would have never got that. A year living in Wales and I picked up NOTHING! Not even "bore da"? To be fair, you were living in probably one of the most prominent English speaking areas of Wales. It only tends to be in the North West and South West where you'll hear welsh being spoken on a very regular basis. QUOTE(Juranamo @ Feb 23 2012, 11:09 PM) Woah. No 'd''s in the pronuncianton despite there being two. A double 'd' in Welsh gives a 'v' sound, as there's no 'v' in the Welsh alphabet. We're a bit odd like that


Qween View member profile	23rd February 2012, 11:22 PM Post #13
Schlagerdrottningen Joined: 23 August 2010 Posts: 31,877 User: 11,709	In case anyone is CONFUSED (they aren't) mine is pronounced: F - Y - R - Vodge - Vo - Dee - Nah (vodge pronounced the same as dodge) I'd never have guessed Caerfyrddia was pronounced like that! To be honest I prefer how I said it anyway: Care - fir - dee - uh.


Silas View member profile	23rd February 2012, 11:36 PM Post #14
Queen of Soon Joined: 24 May 2007 Posts: 74,084 User: 3,474	Obviously Ashton is pronounced: Ash-ton. The Ashtonise 'Áskorza' is pronounced: Ih-ss Korr-tsah (The R is rolled like in Norsk and the z is pronounced like the ts in tsar) QUOTE(Ghosty. @ Feb 23 2012, 11:18 PM) Not even "bore da"? To be fair, you were living in probably one of the most prominent English speaking areas of Wales. It only tends to be in the North West and South West where you'll hear welsh being spoken on a very regular basis. A double 'd' in Welsh gives a 'v' sound, as there's no 'v' in the Welsh alphabet. We're a bit odd like that Just a bit?


Ghosty. View member profile	23rd February 2012, 11:45 PM Post #15
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Oricon View member profile	23rd February 2012, 11:57 PM Post #16
bye dinner Joined: 12 February 2011 Posts: 14,102 User: 12,972	Mine is as easy as it sounds: Daehun = Day-e-hee-yoon


p a v View member profile	24th February 2012, 05:50 AM Post #17
thanks for being a sarcy lil bitch Joined: 25 September 2007 Posts: 79,277 User: 4,397	Elëdan = Elle-œ-dahn. Stress on the œ sound.


Liаm View member profile	24th February 2012, 07:04 AM Post #18
Brown cow, stunning! Joined: 7 December 2009 Posts: 67,176 User: 10,139	Unovia = Oo-no-vee-uh Not the hardest of names to figure out how to say, but still


Jack500 View member profile	24th February 2012, 07:19 AM Post #19
BuzzJack Gold Member Joined: 31 March 2010 Posts: 2,802 User: 10,894	Bud-Tar ikr so hard to say


Brer View member profile	24th February 2012, 08:20 AM Post #20
is my brain across your walls? Joined: 14 February 2009 Posts: 115,078 User: 8,300	QUOTE(Oricon @ Feb 23 2012, 11:57 PM) Mine is as easy as it sounds: Daehun = Day-e-hee-yoon That's very different from how I thought it was pronounced (how do you get 'hee-yoon' out of 'hun'?) I've always pronounced it in my head as 'die-hoon'. Persephonia is pronounced per-SEF-o-nee-a.