I'll bet you get a variety of answers on this one, given our international audience!
But just to stimulate responses, I'll throw my two cents worth in here. This is how I pronounce them, not how the dictionary says to pronounce them necessarily. All caps is the emphasized syllable: gnomon "NO - mun" azimuth "AZ- i - muth" (short u) analemma "Anna -LEM-uh" altitude "AL-ti- too-deh" (very small "eh") fiducial "fid- OO-shull" pendulum "PEND - yool - um" or sometimes "PEN -jew- lum" orrery "or-RUH-ree" polaris "po -LARE - iss" equatorial "eh- quah - TORR- ee-yall" zenith "ZEE - nith" nadir "nay -DIR" horizon "hor - EYE- zunn" elliptical "el-LIP-tih-kull" There are probably some terms the more experienced dialists (DIE-uhl-ists) would add. This could be fun, especially if we can distinguish pronunciations geographically this way. Ryan, you ask the best questions. Jeff Ryan Weh wrote: > Here's something else that might be good: > > How to pronounce the sundial terms--gnomon (is it like, gnome in, or more > nahm en?), azimuth, analemma (how IS this pronounced, anyway?)...etc. > > Ryan Weh > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Carmichael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, November 06, 1999 8:42 AM > Subject: SEND QUESTIONS! > > > Attention Dialists! > > > > I'm feeling very frustrated. NASS put me in charge of accumulating from > you > > all frequently asked sundial questions. This is a very important project > > since it will eventually be of great help to all beginning dialists, and > > even to some of you old timers. > > > > I have received many e-mails from beginners supporting the FAQ project, > yet > > only ONE person, Bill Gottesman, has given me his list of questions! > > > > All of you are, or have been a beginning dialist. Just try to remember > some > > of the basic questions that you had when you first started out then jot > them > > down and send them to me. > > > > The British Sundial Society has expressed great interest in joining NASS > in > > the FAQ project as well as a similar project to publish a glossary of > > sundial terms. It is my job to assemble FAQs from NASS members and you > > people on the sundial list. Someone else will do the same for BSS. Once > we > > have a list questions and glossary terms we will probably form a > binational > > committee to provide simple easy-to-understand answers to the questions > and > > definitions of sundial terms. > > > > Next week I'll be sending letters by US mail to those NASS members who > > aren't on the net asking them for their questions. You guys could really > > help us out if you'd only send me a few good sundial questions. Any > > question is ok to submit, even or especially some of the questions that > have > > appeared previously on the sundial list. > > > > PLEASE HELP! > > > > John Carmichael > > 925 E. Foothills Dr. > > Tucson Arizona 85718 > > USA > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > tel: 520-696-1709 > > -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jeff Adkins Location: 38.00 N, 121.81 W CA, USA, Earth, Sol III
