Aye-yah-shikki-hi-likka-lye-lah
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7zVbZnQPhs]We gettin' Arab Money[/url]
I always hated trying to talk about this Volcano. It hurts to say.
[QUOTE=Boba_Fett;21492061]I always hated trying to talk about this Volcano. It hurts to say.[/QUOTE]
It just takes a little practice, that's all...
"eye-yah-fyatlah-yoh-kut" <--- try that :P
It's not even that hard :colbert:
I said it properly for the first time and now I have a permanent scandinavian accent
be careful guys
You Icelandic people and your pretentious words.
I'm dying to say it in front of people... I'll look so smug :smug:
"So, I read airline corporations in Europe are losing a shitload of money because of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano eruption..."
"Say what?"
"Y'know, the Eyjafjallajokull volcano"
"I'm sorry, say that again!?? o.0"
"Uh, nevermind..."
You guys are forgetting the Ö, Eyjafjallaj[B]Ö[/B]kull.
[QUOTE=Fofilolipop;21492616]You guys are forgetting the Ö, Eyjafjallaj[B]Ö[/B]kull.[/QUOTE]
Yes, you're right, my bad :v:
Even the CNN article is missing the Ö! they sure proved they can't get the name right :/
[URL]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull.ogg[/URL]
Icelandic is strange.
:synpa:
[QUOTE=BENJA5;21492819][URL]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull.ogg[/URL]
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eeyavuhlukkut
surely this is wrong
[QUOTE=Zeke129;21492898]eeyavuhlukkut
surely this is wrong[/QUOTE]
No, that's Icelandic. It's strange. I can only say it with a Swedish accent.
Or was he just saying it extremely fast?
Yeah, it's like when you try to learn french and then you go to quebec and everything is gibberish
[QUOTE=BENJA5;21492819][URL]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull.ogg[/URL]
Icelandic is strange.
:synpa:[/QUOTE]
Oh dear god, i think that i have to remove my tongue so i can pronounce that right.
[QUOTE=Thomo;21489753]Thank god it isn't like vagnasdyavasdavob[/QUOTE]
That'll be the name of the place where the next disaster is going to happen in Iceland.
[QUOTE=Konigstiger96;21522458][IMG]http://s3.amazonaws.com/theoatmeal-img/comics/volcano_name/1.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://s3.amazonaws.com/theoatmeal-img/comics/volcano_name/2.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
LOL! Good one
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;21489380]That's why I posted it in the first place, to show how difficult it is for English speakers to pronounce foreign words :P[/QUOTE]
English has very well-rounded pronunciation. We can make just about any sound any other language uses (most people don't seem to learn how to pronounce the languages they learn and sound horrible.)
You mentioned that you're a native Spanish speaker. I find your r's somewhat irritating to pronounce correctly, but the rest of the language is fairly easy for me. Maybe it's just because I have a linguistic bone, but I don't see why everyone seems to have trouble with foreign words when shown exactly how to pronounce them.
[QUOTE]Particularly, this volcano's name[/QUOTE]
I do admit that I also can't pronounce this volcano's name, even after hearing a native speaker say it in the above .ogg file linked to a few posts back.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;21489850]In the video it kind of sounded like she said "ee-yuh-fyutluh-yoh-kut"
Is this correct, Icelandic folks?
[editline]04:06PM[/editline]
silly iceland, "tuh" is for t not l
silly[/QUOTE]
It's not correct.
The right way to pronounce it is "Eyh-ya-fhyall-a-yoh-kull"
The "Eyh" sounds like the Fonz: "Eyyyy", "fhyall" has a double "l" that sound like the click sounds you make in your mouth, the "yoh" part is a bit hard to explain, but if you've played GTA San Andreas, try to say it like Ryder or Sweey say "Yeah". "kull" has that double "l" again. Try to practice this a couple of times and you could pronounce it right.
[QUOTE=BENJA5;21492819][URL]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull.ogg[/URL]
Icelandic is strange.
:synpa:[/QUOTE]
You know your language is strange when you need a cymbal to pronounce the words correctly, or was that just punctuation at the end?
[QUOTE=Jenkem;21523162]English has very well-rounded pronunciation. We can make just about any sound any other language uses (most people don't seem to learn how to pronounce the languages they learn and sound horrible.)
You mentioned that you're a native Spanish speaker. I find your r's somewhat irritating to pronounce correctly, but the rest of the language is fairly easy for me. Maybe it's just because I have a linguistic bone, but I don't see why everyone seems to have trouble with foreign words when shown exactly how to pronounce them.
I do admit that I also can't pronounce this volcano's name, even after hearing a native speaker say it in the above .ogg file linked to a few posts back.[/QUOTE]
What about arabic sounds, the english language hasn't got those [i]'ghh'[/i] sounds. And even closer, in dutch, most english people can't pronounce the [i]G[/i] like we do.
[QUOTE=Dr Magnusson;21524047]You know your language is strange when you need a cymbal to pronounce the words correctly, or was that just punctuation at the end?[/QUOTE]
As an unrelated fact: Dr Magnusson was based on an Icelander called Árni Magnússon.
[QUOTE=Jenkem;21523162]English has very well-rounded pronunciation. We can make just about any sound any other language uses (most people don't seem to learn how to pronounce the languages they learn and sound horrible.)
You mentioned that you're a native Spanish speaker. I find your r's somewhat irritating to pronounce correctly, but the rest of the language is fairly easy for me. Maybe it's just because I have a linguistic bone, but I don't see why everyone seems to have trouble with foreign words when shown exactly how to pronounce them.[/QUOTE]
Most of the time, when I've heard english speakers speaking in spanish, their accent isn't the best sounding one -but I'm cool with that-, even though they can make up sentences just fine and they sound very articulate and comfortable speaking it. And yes, our Rs (specially the words with "RR") can be pretty tough for you, my anglosaxon fellas :P
Javier
Martillo
Perro
Ferrocarril <-- Try to say this one :v:
Greetings from Sweden, have you learned how to say "Smörgåsbord" yet?
