The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

[yangfiretiger121]

ˈdʒəʊ̈səf ˈstɐːɫən
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ˈjəʊ̈səf ˈstɐːɫən or ˈʝəʊ̈səf ˈstɐːɫən

Which of these three is closest to the Russian pronunciation?

[Travis B.]

ˈdʒəʊ̈səf ˈstɐːɫən
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ˈjəʊ̈səf ˈstɐːɫən or ˈʝəʊ̈səf ˈstɐːɫən

Which of these three is closest to the Russian pronunciation?

Why would you think that [ˈʝəʊ̈səf ˈstɐːɫən] would potentially be closer, when Russian does not have [ʝ] (but does have [j])?

Anyways, this is a thread about how you pronounce things, not about asking people how one ought to pronounce things.

[finlay]

Some famous names:
Joseph Stalin [dʒoʊsəf / ˈdʒəʊsəf ˈstaːɫɪn] or [ən]
Wilhelm Röntgen [ˈvɪɫɦɛɫm ˈɹœːnʔgn̩] or [ɾentogen] because it's used in Japanese for X-rays
Marie Skłodowska-Curie [ˈmaɹi ˈkʰjʉːɹi]
Niels Bohr [niəɫs boː.ɹ̩]
Erwin Schrödinger [(ɛɹwən) ˈʃɹəʊdɪŋɹ̩] or [ˈʃɹœːdɪŋɹ̩] if i want to show off
Gerard 't Hooft [dʒəˈɹɑːɹd ət hoʊft] who?
Stanisław Ulam [ˈstanɪslav ˈuːlam] who?
Nikita Khrushchev [nɪˈkʰiːtʰə kʰɹʉːʃtʃɛv]
Enrico Fermi [n̩ˈɹiko fɹ̩ːmi]

although most of these, aside from Marie Curie and sometimes Joseph Stalin, i'd use only the last name.

[bbbosborne]

how about:

notebook
language
Hillary
bear

[Vijay]

[ˈnowt̚bʊk̚]
[ˈlɛjŋgʷɨd͡ʒ]
[ˈhɪləɹi]
[ˈbeᵊɹ]

[Nortaneous]

/nʌwtbuk/ [ˈnəu̯ʔt̚ˌb̥ʊʔk̚]
/læjngwɨdʒ/ [ˈlæi̯ŋgwɨdʒ]
/hilərɨ/ [ˈhɪɫɚɹɪj]
/ber/ [beɹ]

/indəwjɚrəpijən/ [ˈɪndəu̯ ˌjɚɹəˈpʰijɘn]
/ælgonkwijən/ [ˌæɫˈgɔŋkʰwijɘn]
/dʒəpɑnɨk/ [dʒəˈpɑnɨk]
/kərijən/ [kʰɚɹˈijɘn]
/kʌwsə/ [ˈkʰəu̯sə]
/tʃerəkij/ [ˈtʃʰeɹəˌkʰij]
/klingɑn/ [ˈkʰɫɪŋˌgɑn]
/inglɨʃ/ [ˈɪŋgɫɨʃ]

/rɨportɨdlɨ/ [ɹɨˈpʰoɹɽɨdɫɨj]
/strong/ [stɹɔŋ]
/heənə/ [heə̯nə]

/wiskɑnsɨn/ [ˌwɪsˈkʰɑnsɨn]

[Travis B.]

notebook: [ˈnoʔpːʊʔk]
language: [ˈʟ̞ẽːŋɡwɘːtʃ]~[ˈɰẽːŋɡwɘːtʃ]
Hillary: [ˈhɘːɯ̯ʁ̩ːʁi(ː)]
bear: [pɛ(ː)ʁ]

[ˈd̪ʲɛ.gɔ kɾuˑl̪]

was
were
where

[Znex]

was: +stress [wɔz] -stress [(w)əz]
were: +stress [wɞː] -stress [wə]
where: [we̞ː]

[bbbosborne]

[wəz]
[wɚ]
[weɪɚ̯]

[Vijay]

[wəz]
[wɹ̩]
[weəɹ]

[Travis B.]

was: stressed [wʌːs] or, followed by a vowel, [wʌːz]; unstressed [(w)ɘːs] or, followed by a vowel, [(w)ɘːz]
were: stressed [wʁ̩(ː)]; unstressed [(w)ʁ̩(ː)]
where: [wɛ(ː)ʁ]

[Fooge]

How do you pronounce "picture"? I pronounce it like "pickcher" but I've often heard people say it like "pitcher".

[Vijay]

Looks like I say it like you.

[bbbosborne]

me too: [ˈpʰɪkt͡ʃʰɚ]

[Travis B.]

picture: [ˈpʰɘʔkɕʁ̩(ː)]

[Znex]

picture ['pʰɪk̚tʃ̯ɐ]

[ˈd̪ʲɛ.gɔ kɾuˑl̪]

Mehmet

[Fooge]

Vengaboys - We're Going To Ibiza

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfwNvfX5Aic

Why do they say "Ibiza" as "eebeetsa" in the song? Isn't "Ibiza" pronounce "eebeetha"?

[bbbosborne]

maybe to make people think they're saying "we're going to eat pizza?"

[Sumelic]

Vengaboys - We're Going To Ibiza

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfwNvfX5Aic

Why do they say "Ibiza" as "eebeetsa" in the song? Isn't "Ibiza" pronounce "eebeetha"?

Probably just confusion between the pronunciation of "z" in Spanish and in other Romance languages like Italian. You can find a lot of posts online that mention that some people pronounce "chorizo" as "choritso". One common British pronunciation of "Ibiza" is actually "eye-beetha", with the "price" diphthong in the first syllable.

[jal]

Why do they say "Ibiza" as "eebeetsa" in the song? Isn't "Ibiza" pronounce "eebeetha"?

Because the Venga Boys are a Dutch band, and that's how the Dutch pronounce it, probably under the influence of German. Had they sung [ibiθa], no-one would've understood them.

(EDIT: Another hit of theirs is "vamos a la playa", which they sing with a [v], so in general their pronunciation lacks a bit...)

JAL

[linguoboy]

One common British pronunciation of "Ibiza" is actually "eye-beetha", with the "price" diphthong in the first syllable.

Which is particularly interesting given that the local pronunciation of the name is [əjˈvisə].

[Fooge]

How do you pronounce "nightingale"? For me it phonemically has /n/ before the /g/ not /N/ because the "t" is pronounced as a glottal stop not a flap.

[bbbosborne]

normal: [ˈnaɪtʰɪŋgeɪɫ]
quick speech: [ˈnaɪʔɪ̆ŋgeɪɫ]