[meteorite-list] pronouncing "Orgueil"

[Philip R. Burns]

At 12:24 PM 4/30/2008, Zelimir Gabelica wrote:
>Not so.
>If you pronounce it "or gay", nobody will 
>understand here (although I know that whenever 
>Bob brings along some Orgueil, it is sold before unwrapped!)
>
>Basing on pronouncing dyphtongs in French (last 
>link in Darren's post - see below; thanks Darren!), it comes to:
>
>"Org œj"
>
>as in the wikipedia example: /œj/ as in feuille "leaf"

Some years ago (2002?) when the question of 
meteorite pronunciations came up, I started a page with French pronunciations:

         http://www.pibburns.com/catastro/metprono.htm

While I grew up speaking French, I would not 
claim my pronunciation is the best.  I don't 
speak French anymore except when visiting relatives in France.

Someone else started up a page with the 
pronunciations for Polish meteorites around that 
same time.  I don't recall who it was, but I found that page helpful.

Perhaps the IMCA should undertake a mini-project 
to collect pronunciations from native speakers.


-- Philip R. "Pib" Burns
    pib at pibburns.com
    http://www.pibburns.com/