Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> On Wed, 18 May 2005 20:03:53 -0500, Ed Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python:
>
>
>
>>Fantastic test data set. I know how to pronounce McPherson but I'd never
>>have guessed that Mousaferiadis sounds like it. I suppose non-Celts
>>probably wouldn't be able to guess how Dalziell, Drumnadrochit, Culzean,
>>Ceilidh, or Concobarh are pronounced either.
>>
>
> Since "soundex" is initial letter (consonant?) and a code for
> the next three syllables (or close to it), really long multi-syllabic
> names are effectively truncated...
>
> Howe'er... When Maire Brennan releases an album as "Moya",
> following sister's "Enya" (Eithne, as I seem to recall reading)... I'd
> not attempt to pronounce most of the names you supply... "Dalziell"
> doesn't look Celtic... "Culzean" almost looks Aztec/Mayan... "Ceilidh"
> => kay-lee?
>
> Okay, I think I can manage bain sidhe and uisge (after too much
> of the latter, I'll be seeing the former)
>
Well, as an Englishman who has spent a good deal of time in Scotland I'd
essay the following. If there are any Scots reading they can chastise me
with glee for my presumption.
Dalziell: "Da'y yell"
Drumnadrochit: "Dru'mnadro'ckit"
(but the Scots would insist you use
a gutteral for the "ch", I'm not sure
how to render that phonetically. It's
a bit like the sound made before spitting,
or the "G" in Guido in Dutch :-).
Culzean: "Ka La'ne"
Ceilidh: "Ca'yli" (once had a border collie called
Ceilidh).
Concobarh: (is this the same as 'Conchobar'?)
Co'nnahwar
promoting-scottish-english-unity-ly y'rs - steve
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