[bksvol-discuss] Re: Ot: Pronouncing Guinevere (was Re: Re: O_T Introducing Guinevere)
- From: "Amy Goldring Tajalli" <agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:47:15 -0400
Evan,
If you could only teach your reader - Guinness is Scots and Guinevere is Old
English or The Old Welsh which is the derivation of the name coming from the
word Gwenhwyfar meaning white phantom or white elf or even referring to the
Great white owl though by that I don't know if that is a great Snowy Owl or a
Great Horned Owl which is a phantom or spirit and therefore pale or white. Do
we have any members from Wales? My welsh is non-existent but Mary Stewart says
that the Gwenhwyfar may be a real Owl or a phantom but the one we see in The
Hollow Hills is both, the real one and a foreshadow of things to come as it is
a warning. In any event I don't doubt that Shelley's Gwenna is a very real
angel.
Amy
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From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 3:09 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Ot: Pronouncing Guinevere (was Re: Re: O_T
Introducing Guinevere)
>I was wondering if DecTalk Access 32 pronounces Guinevere correctly, how
> does it pronounce Guinness, the famous Irish stout. <grin>. My JAWS with
> Eloquence says Ghinni Vere but it pronounces Guinness correctly. So if
> DecTalk says Gwinivere, does it say Gwinness?
>
> Evan
>
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> From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 8:46 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: O_T Introducing Guinevere
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>
>> Congratulations, Shelley! BTW, with the DecTalk Access 32 software, Jaws
>> pronounces Guinevere's name correctly. Just another synthesizer quirk, I
>> guess. <Smile> Hope you and Guinevere are enjoying your first days home!
>>
>> Jana
>>
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>> From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx>
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>> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 9:18 PM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: O_T Introducing Guinevere
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>>> Shelley, congratulations on Guinevere. I see what you mean about JAWS
>>> and its pronunciation. <smile>
>>> Cindy Lou
>>> We missed you, Shelley.
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