Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite pronunciation

[Michael Farmer]

Eduardo pronouces La Criolla with the LL in the sound of a J, all people from Argentina, Uruguay,and southern Chile pronounce the double L that way, it is linguistic nuance, in all other Spanish speaking countries, double L is pronounced like ya or ye. I was a linguist in Army Intelligence, Spanish was my language. Mike Farmer ----- Original Message ----- From: John Gwilliam To: Matt Morgan ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 10:26 PM Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Meteorite pronunciation I believe La Criolla holds to the same Spanish pronunciation as Allende with the "ll" sound of "ye" or "ya".....La - cree - o - yaw.  This is assuming the name place is a Spanish name and not Portuguese. As for Mbale, I have a friend from that part of Africa and his last name is Ncube.  He pronounces it  "new - bay".  If  the same pronunciation conventions applies to Mbale, then it would sound like "ma - lay". Rob Elliott's "Leighlinbridge" isn't pronounced the way it looks.  I believe it is pronounced "lock - lynn - bridge".  Rob can clarify this one. Go figure. At least I know how to pronounce most of the Arizona meteorites.  How far off can you be with "Cat Mountain"? John At 07:38 PM 4/3/02 -0700, Matt Morgan wrote: How about La Criolla? I heard from Eduardo (meteorites.com) say it like "La Crioche". Is that correct or was my hearing messed? Same with Mocs, Gero Kurat from Vienna said "Mocsh". Werid to me. Matt -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 7:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite pronunciation In a message dated 4/3/2002 2:33:12 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I mean, how DO you say "Gao Guenie"....buggered if I know! I assume Gao rhymes with Tao.  Guenie?  You've got me. Rhymes with Benny?  --Rob You got that one right! Gao like Tao,  Guenie like  Gwen - Knee Now who wants to try "Orgueil"  or "L'Aigle"  or "Tafassasset" ? Anne Black IMCA #2356 www.IMPACTIKA.com e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] John Gwilliam Meteorites PO Box 26854 Tempe  AZ  85285 http://www.meteoriteimpact.com