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Introducing /runIntroducing /runPosted Mar 30, 2011 18:07 UTC (Wed) by Slumberthud (subscriber, #45657)In reply to: Introducing /run by mezcalero Parent article: Introducing /run
Pronunciation, please.
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Introducing /run Posted Mar 30, 2011 18:21 UTC (Wed) by mezcalero (subscriber, #45103) [Link]
Like Goethe, just without the "G" and the "the". And with a "P" and a "ttering" instead.
Introducing /run Posted Mar 30, 2011 18:30 UTC (Wed) by dark (subscriber, #8483) [Link] oePttering? Now I'm confused :(
Introducing /run Posted Mar 30, 2011 23:32 UTC (Wed) by baldridgeec (guest, #55283) [Link]
The way I've always heard "Goethe" pronounced (which may be 100% wrong - neither I nor any of my friends speak Enlightenment-era Germanic) it would end up sort of like:
"Puh(r)-turing" -- with the "(r)" being a soft slur into the next syllable.
Leonard, is that about right? Or do I need to try to start bringing Goethe into conversation more often so I can correct peoples' pronunciation? :)
Introducing /run Posted Mar 31, 2011 2:15 UTC (Thu) by mezcalero (subscriber, #45103) [Link]
Not right, no. The "oe" sounds like "รถ", which sounds like a mixture between "o!" and "e!"
Introducing /run Posted Mar 31, 2011 2:21 UTC (Thu) by baldridgeec (guest, #55283) [Link]
Oh wow, that's way off...
Do the exclamation points as pronunciation guides mean the same thing they do in Ndebele?
(sorry, couldn't resist -- but seriously... I now have no idea how to pronounce Goethe. To Wikipedia!)
Introducing /run Posted Mar 30, 2011 20:54 UTC (Wed) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
This is why we should support Unicode: so that a nice clear notation like the International Phonetic Alphabet could be used for this.
That way, Lennart could describe the pronunciation of his name using freaky-looking symbols that nobody knows how to pronounce, increasing global confusion still further. Surely a worthy goal.
Introducing /run Posted Mar 31, 2011 0:29 UTC (Thu) by ewan (subscriber, #5533) [Link]
Clearly the correct solution is a sound sample saying "Hi, I'm Lennart Poettering, and I pronounce Poettering 'Poettering'" bundled in with the systemd source.
Introducing /run Posted Mar 31, 2011 0:58 UTC (Thu) by dmarti (subscriber, #11625) [Link] Or it could be a libcanberra sample application.
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