Ok. Now can I ask one more favor? You seem I'm rather
bad with languages so could you just write out
Skjotrox as it would be pronounced? I've a real bad
time understanding languages unfortunately. This is
one of the reasons I joined to the list. To try and
improve that skill.
Snaebjornr
--- "R.C. Zarco" <rczarco@...> wrote:
> Salutations,
>
> >Thank you for the help. Mostly I'm just having some
> >problems pronouncing little things. Like how would
> I
> >pronounce skjotr ox?
>
> Skj�tr:
>
> S = The "s",in old icelandic,it's sibilant and
> unvoiced like the greek s.So, you'll never have an
> "s" with "z" sound like the portuguese "casa" or the
> english "house".But,methinks,like Bellows
> suggests,that this sibilant pronunciation must have
> a "hard" accent(not an "soft" and with the "lovely
> feeling" of the Sapho's poetry).
>
> K = Should be pronounced like an ordinary "k"(as in
> "skull","skin" etc.).
>
> J = This consonant doesn't have and "dZ" sound,like
> in modern english.His sound are more closer of the
> english "y",like in "young", "yore"...
>
> � = This long vowel has an controversial
> pronunciation.Some eminent authors,see the
> pronunciation like an " ou: " or "�".Others,attest
> which the correct pronunciation are like the
> portuguese "�" or the "o" in the english "for".
>
> T = Like an common "t".Bellows,defends that before a
> consonant and at the beginning of a word it is
> "hard"(how the greek t),but being "soft"(like the
> greek q)in other cases.
>
> R = The "r" is never a syllabic consonant.His sound
> are more closer of the rolling spanish "r",like in
> "Rinc�n".Some others authors,see the "r" in a
> gutural sense(so,the "r" would appear like an
> scratching sound that stays in the throat,never
> having a labial or "proper" pronunciation).
>
> �x:
>
> � = Like the norwegian "�" or the french
> "eu"(Ex.:feu; cordonbleu;dieu etc.).
>
> x = As the english "x",has the sound of "ks".
>
> My best regards,
>
> - R.C.Zarco
>
>
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