[meteorite-list] Pronouncing Willamette and other meteoritenames

[Chris Peterson]

A fair description. I spent some time once in Llangollen, and the 
patient coaching of some locals got my pronunciation moderately close. 
It took some work, though.

Are there any Welsh meteorites?

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>; "Meteorite Mailing List" 
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Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 11:18 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Pronouncing Willamette and other 
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> Hi, Darren, Chris, List
>
> The great dictionarianist Samuel Johnson
> described it as the sound of a goose hissing!
> I suppose it depends on how angry the Welsh
> speaker is at English dictionarianists...
>
> Pronunciation guide to Welsh:
> http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/fun/welsh/Lesson01.html
>
>
> Sterling K. Webb