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Peer Review: A861220 - How to Pronounce Turkish - PR Version

Post 1

Gnomon - time to move on

Entry: How to Pronounce Turkish - PR Version - A861220
Author: Gnomon - U151503

Since I'm going away for two weeks, I'm going to throw an extra entry into Peer Review this week (I normally only put one in per week).

This one has been in Peer Review before. Previous conversation: F102620?thread=8312677


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Post 2

Bluebottle

It looks very useful – I've been to Turkey many years ago, but can't say that I remember any phrases to be able to comment usefully.

I know you've done some 'How to Pronounce...' entries before – is this part of a project (if not a Uni project) on languages and alphabets etc?

<BB<


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Post 3

Gnomon - time to move on

It's not a project, BB. I just write on whatever I'm interested in at the moment.

I'm not a great fan of completeness. I don't usually try to report every single fact to do with a subject, because that's Wikipedia's flawed model.


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Post 4

Bluebottle

This looks quite straight forward, but is the 'u' pronounced like 'oo' (as in 'Scooby Doo') rather than the 'u' (as in 'Dune' & 'Dew')?

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Post 5

Gnomon - time to move on

I thought I stated that clearly. Perhaps the confusion is the phrase "other European languages". I wasn't including English in that, since English has a completely different pronunciation of the vowels from just about every other European language.

Perhaps I should say "other non-English European languages". Or "other European languages such as German, Italian and Spanish.


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Post 6

bobstafford

I thought it was quite clear smiley - erm
"European languages such as German, Italian and Spanish" is sufficient


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Post 7

Gnomon - time to move on

Done. smiley - ok


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Post 8

Bluebottle

That looks good to me, especially as it creates an opportunity to link to some other language pronunciation entries:

A620416 How to Pronounce Italian
A737723 Spanish Pronunciation
A863453 German Pronunciation

a, e, i, o and u are similar to European languages such as German, Italian and Spanish:

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Post 9

Gnomon - time to move on

Thanks, BB. Done again.smiley - ok


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Post 10

Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

Hey, useful - and thanks! smiley - smiley

One quibble: All Americans don't pronounce 'John' (or any other word) the same way. I'm American, and when I get through with 'John', it's got a diphthong in there.

Could you just spell it more or less phonetically? I'm guessing you mean 'dzahn' or similar? smiley - bigeyes


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Post 11

Gnomon - time to move on

Thanks, Dmitri. Since the example isn't correct I've removed it.


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Post 12

Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

smiley - ok


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Post 13

Bluebottle

I've had a re-read and can't think of anything to change other than possibly adding a couple more links:
'These are sounds that don't exist in English but are common in French...'
To add a link to A2184482 French Pronunciation
Another possibility is A750953 Language and Life - a Perspective on Species

<BB<


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Post 14

Gnomon - time to move on

I searched for links for this and only found 8 suitable ones. I normally try to include 10 links.

I've added the link to French pronunciation, but I don't think the Language and Species entry is particularly relevant so I'm not going to link to it.

To bring the number of links up to 10, I've stuck in a link to A13900178 Fata Morgana on the word 'mirage'.


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Post 15

Bluebottle

smiley - okI've read this through again and have no more comments at the moment.smiley - boing

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Post 16

Gnomon - time to move on

smiley - ok


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Post 17

Bluebottle

Just thought I'd mention that I read this on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week and didn't have any further thoughts or comments to make regarding it.

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Post 18

Gnomon - time to move on

Thanks, BB.


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Post 19

Bluebottle

Re-read, and still can't think of any useful contributions...

<BB<


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Post 20

Gnomon - time to move on

You don't need to keep reading, BB, as it hasn't changed.smiley - smiley


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