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 Post subject: Re: How do you pronounce "dh"
PostPosted: January 20th, 2012, 7:31 pm 
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Taurquende wrote:
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Trying to use English orthography to describe a foreign language sure is difficult, isn't it? Perhaps we should find a more accurate way to describe pronunciation, like IPA.

IPA is rather hard for the layman to understand, though, isn't it? (And by "layman" I mean me. :P)
But, it is pretty easy to pick up on. One letter - one sound. Once you've defined what the letter stands for - that's what it stands for! It doesn't change based on context or the history of the word, it's always the same.

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 Post subject: Re: How do you pronounce "dh"
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IPA? Is that the really weird thing full of indecipherable characters that don't make sense? No sense at all!!!!

I've tried to learn it a few times and it is completely and utterly incomprehensible... I'm absolutely amazed at people who can somehow understand it.

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 Post subject: Re: How do you pronounce "dh"
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We learned it in my voice and diction class, it can be a lifesaver when you need to do an accent for a script. I found it pretty easy to understand, actually!

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 Post subject: Re: How do you pronounce "dh"
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I cannot understand or see how kəmˈrɑːɨɡ is the same as Cymraeg. It just doesn't make sense!

Then again my brain doesn't work properly so it's probably me just being stupid.

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 Post subject: Re: How do you pronounce "dh"
PostPosted: January 20th, 2012, 10:56 pm 
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I imagine it's a bit easier in English than...Welsh, is that? XD

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 Post subject: Re: How do you pronounce "dh"
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Welsh is easier to pronounce than English though... In Welsh there's no silent letters or any of the other crazy things English has.
It does have mutations though which are a pain when writing but they make speaking it easier... (Example: Dw i'n byw ym Mangor is easier to say than dw i'm byw yn Bangor )

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 Post subject: Re: How do you pronounce "dh"
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I once looked up the Welsh names for Hogwarts houses and thought my eyes were going to pop out of my head. It's really pretty spoken though! Just...insane to write!

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 Post subject: Re: How do you pronounce "dh"
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You just have to look at the elvish phonology. I found a really good Website about this matter:
http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/quenya.htm

At this site is no Information how you pronounce dh. But I remember to read that you pronounce it like the dh in then.

I hope that was helpful.
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