[net-gold] [ResourceShelf] Newsletter 450
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Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:54:05 +0100
From: Gary Price <gary.price@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: jwne@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ResourceShelf] Newsletter 450
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Number 450 April 8, 2010
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The current Resource of the Week is a roundup of pronunciation guides.
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Resource of the Week - Voice of America Pronunciation Guide...
and a few others By Shirl Kennedy, Senior Editor
Direct link to this post online: <http://digbig.com/5bbjma>
If you want to sound sophisticated and worldly - or just not embarrass
yourself - when discussing current affairs, take a look at the VOA
Pronunciation Guide. It's a repository of pronunciation keys and audio
files (mp3) for people and places in the news from around the world.
The search form is easily understood - use the 'Exact Search' box if
you're sure of how to spell the name, the 'Near Search' box if you're
not sure, the 'List Lookup' dropdown menu if you want to browse
through the entire database, or the 'Origin' dropdown menu to view
names by country. A Help screen and a Pronunciation Key are available.
An addition resource at this site is a Nations and their Languages
guide. This information is culled from the World Almanac and Book of
Facts, the Information Please Almanac, and the CIA's World Factbook.
A few other pronunciation guides we like:
* Asian Names Pronunciation Guide, from California State Polytechnic
University, Pomona
Native speakers who were/are Cal Poly Pomona students provided all
sound samples (in .wav format) for Cambodian, Cantonese, Mandarin,
Filipino, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Thai, and Vietnamese
names.
* HearNames.com: The advanced search form is a gem. The dropdown
'Category' menu presents a number of interesting options, such as U.S.
Presidents, Armenian Surnames, Russian Names, etc. These are also
available via the Name Categories link on the top navigation bar.
* Pronounce Names: The Dictionary of Name Pronunciation
In today's international business environment, it is exceedingly
important to say your clients name correctly, you CANNOT afford to
call Dumass, a Dumb-ass. The internet has removed international
boundaries and people are making new friends via email and chat
every second, would you not want your friends to be able to
pronounce your name correctly?
According to the Wall Street Journal:
Pinky Thakkar (silent 'h'), an engineer from Mumbai, started the
Web site www.pronouncenames.com after she moved to San Jose,
Calif., and mispronounced the 'J' in 'San Jose,' not giving it the
'H' sound used in Spanish words. Properly pronouncing person and
place names proved nearly impossible for Ms. Thakkar and her
friends from abroad, she says.
More than 75,000 entries, including 38,000 audio files, have been
submitted to Ms. Thakkar's Web site since it launched in 2006. She
manages the site with six other volunteers.
* LanguageGuide.org: You'll find a variety of volunteer-created
resources here. The Pictorial Vocabulary Guides are especially
charming. Select a language, choose a category, and then roll your
cursor over a letter, number or picture to hear its name pronounced,
such as the birds (os passaros) in Brazilian Portuguese, or sea
animals (umi no ikimono) in Japanese.
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