The 'how do you pronounce X' thread

[Eikman]

something like this:

http://www.personal.uni-jena.de/~x1s...e/IPA/cv03.wav

[sanakan]

Originally Posted by Eikman

hard to explain in english, since you don't have that native sound, and therefore no words with it.

it's like the 'e' in get, but longer and you need to open the mouth more

ha ha, i soo get what you mean, eik
although i have to say, that one/we (swiss) sometimes pronounce it a bit like the 'a' in "about"...



question from me: in another thread (and i also stumbed across it a few other times) there was a band mentioned called "abfahrt hinwil". how do you guys pronounce that?

as an explanation for my curiosity: "hinwil" is a town in switzerland, and "abfahrt" - which is obviously a german word as well - has various meanings in english: departure/descent/ski-run. so I know how to pronounce it in german, but how did the band intend it to be?

[Céj]

Originally Posted by munga

sufjan stevens

i always pronounced it "suf-jan" kinda like.... um... "stuff" & "pan."
heard it pronounced on a public radio interview as "saf-yen" and from wikipedia they say its "soof-yon"

i like my version the best.

yeah, i had the same problem, but it's definitely soof-yon, i heard him say it myself