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 Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:55 am
Only in a few [totally INSANE] languages is there ever such thing as a soft "G" -- it's always hard, like in goggle.
ai is typically a diphthong, a fluid between the two sounds "ah" and "ee". Say those two sounds quickly and you'll get a sound like the English word I.
Tack on another "ah" and there you have your pronunciation.
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 1:16 pm
Gachetemas I have been wondering how this word is pronounced. It looks like it should be GUY uh, and I think the goddess can be either JEE uh or GAY uh, and can be spelled Gaea. In my mind it is either of the first two. What do you think? I've heard people say it Guy-eh-a, but I have heard of Jee-uh. I say, like most others, Guy-uh.
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 3:08 pm
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 4:47 pm
skeate Only in a few [totally INSANE] languages is there ever such thing as a soft "G" -- it's always hard, like in goggle. Right. Those languages would include English, French, Latin, Italian, Greek... Latin...
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:15 pm
Gachetemas skeate Only in a few [totally INSANE] languages is there ever such thing as a soft "G" -- it's always hard, like in goggle. Right. Those languages would include English, French, Latin, Italian, Greek... Latin... Latin and Greek do not have such atrocities.
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Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 6:45 am
It irritates me that Gaia (guy-ah) won't allow me to put it into IPA for you, which would clear up any and all mispronunciations of anything EVER.
It really does irk me something fierce. gonk
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Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:35 am
SoulDruidKazeko It irritates me that Gaia (guy-ah) won't allow me to put it into IPA for you, which would clear up any and all mispronunciations of anything EVER. It really does irk me something fierce. gonk Here you go: /'gaɪ.ə/
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Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 9:14 pm
I like calling it as 'Gai-yah' ninja
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 2:27 pm
skeate Gachetemas skeate Only in a few [totally INSANE] languages is there ever such thing as a soft "G" -- it's always hard, like in goggle. Right. Those languages would include English, French, Latin, Italian, Greek... Latin... Latin and Greek do not have such atrocities. Right. I've never studied Latin or Greek. I've read my dictionary, though. You might want to double-check. Latin must have borrowed some Greek words like geography and genital.
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 2:41 pm
Gachetemas skeate Gachetemas skeate Only in a few [totally INSANE] languages is there ever such thing as a soft "G" -- it's always hard, like in goggle. Right. Those languages would include English, French, Latin, Italian, Greek... Latin... Latin and Greek do not have such atrocities. Right. I've never studied Latin or Greek. I've read my dictionary, though. You might want to double-check. Latin must have borrowed some Greek words like geography and genital. Those pronunciations are bastardizations. The original Latin and Greek pronunciation schemes were VERY regular.
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 3:47 pm
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 6:42 pm
It seems the majority vote goes to GUY-ah. I agree completely.
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 6:48 pm
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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:11 am
My friend, my brother, and myself say it as "GUY-uh".
I've never really thought of any other way to say it.
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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 2:12 pm
Yeah! Who is that one loser who voted for "JEE uh"? Come on. rolleyes
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