[meteorite-list] How do you pronounce Muonionalusta?

[Pekka Savolainen]

Most of the Finnish dialects spoken in the Province of Lapland are of 
the Northern Finnish dialect group, which are also spoken in Sweden and 
northern Norway. The Sámi language has had a great influence on the 
vocabulary of these dialects.

Sámi words have been loaned for depicting nature, reindeer husbandry and 
northern living conditions. There have often not been suitable words in 
Finnish for certain phenomenon of northern nature. Many local place 
names in the region are of Sámi origin and have through the years 
changed into names that are easier for Finns pronounce. Some examples of 
words like these are: kaltio, kero, lompolo, mella, muonio, vuoma and 
vuontis.

So "Muonio" is a place

http://www.muonio.fi/web/index.php?id=3

"Alusta" is usually something like "undersite" or "base"

"Muonionalusta" = "base / undersite of Muonio"


Mu- like Mu(lligan)
o- like (t)o(p)
ni- like (mo)ney
on = on
a- like (b)u(t)
lus- like (Tel)lus
ta like Ta(nya)

It may be easier with some Highland Park, like Thomas says ;-)


Well, perhaps it´s better, I`ll upload a voice-file to my site,  just 
have to find my mic first...

best,

pekka s





Thomas Österberg kirjoitti:
> Hi Richard,
>
>
>
> Muonionalusta is pronounced quite close to it's spelling with some 
> focus on the first part "Muon".
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>
>
> Anyway, since I'm Swedish I also find it quite difficult to pronounce 
> this Finnish word (very much an exercise for your lips and tongue).
>
>
>
> Perhaps, a good idea would be to take place in a comfortable chair and 
> do some home practice in the pronunciation, after having some 2 - 3 
> drams of a nice Scottish malt Whisky. For this particular purpose I 
> can warmly recommend Highland Park 18 Year ;-)
>
>
>
> Happy hunting!
>
>
>
> Thomas Österberg
>
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>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Kowalski" 
> <damoclid at yahoo.com>
> To: "meteorite list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:35 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] How do you pronounce Muonionalusta?
>
>
>> I just got a beautiful slice of Muonionalusta and am curious about 
>> how to pronoun the name properly.
>>
>> I'm guess at least four different ways, but I'm hoping someone can 
>> tell me.
>>
>> One guess is
>>
>> Meew unyun a lust a
>>
>> a second
>>
>> Moo unyun a loost a
>>
>> wit the other two variations of those.
>>
>> Anyone?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> -- 
>> Richard Kowalski
>> http://fullmoonphotography.net
>> IMCA #1081
>>
>>
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