[meteorite-list] How do you pronounce...

[Shawn Alan]

Hello Listers
 
How do you Allende and yes I still mess up Sikhote- Alin but after hearing how that link pronounced Sikhote-Alin I have to say I was off and so were others...... One other meteorite is Millbillillie it like Millbilllebbbllblhal for lol.
 
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[meteorite-list] How do you pronounce...
Michael Murray mikebevmurray at gmail.com 
Sun Apr 10 18:11:27 EDT 2011 

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I posted this once before but since you are working on these 
pronunciations now...A friend of ours came from Willamette, OR. She 
says Willamette is pronounced Wil lam it, with emphasis on the second 
syllable. 
Mike 

On Apr 10, 2011, at 10:54 AM, <valparint at aol.com> <valparint at aol.com> 
wrote: 


> I'm compiling a pronunciation guide that I'll post to the list. Any 

> help is greatly appreciated and feel free to send more meteorite 

> names. 

> 

> I found some help scanning the MetList archives for the last year: 

> 

> http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=sikhote-alin 

> 

> http://www.acapela-group.com/text-to-speech-interactive-demo.html 

> 

> Paul Swartz 

> 

> 

> Agoult (Morocco) 

> 

> Begaa (Morocco) 

> 

> Brahin (Belarus) 

> 

> Djoumine (Tunisia) 

> 

> D'Orbigny (Argentina) 

> 

> Gao Guenie (Burkina Faso) 

> 

> Gujba (Nigeria) 

> 

> Huckitta (Australia) I've heard "hoo-KEET-ah" and "HUCK-i-tuh" 

> 

> Huaytiquina (Argentina) 

> 

> Isheyevo (Russia) 

> 

> Jackalsfontein (South Africa) 

> 

> Jalu (Libya) 

> 

> Juvinas (France) 

> 

> Kainsaz (Russia) 

> 

> Kapoeta (Sudan) 

> 

> L'aigle (France) "LAY-gluh " from a 3/13/10 post 

> 

> Majuba 005 (Nevada) 

> 

> Mbale (Uganda) 

> 

> Muonionalusta (Sweden) 

> 

> Orgueil (France) "OR-gooey " from a 3/13/10 post 

> 

> Oum Dreyga (Western Sahara) 

> 

> Pillistfer (Estonia) 

> 

> Pultusk (Poland) 

> 

> Quijingue (Brazil) 

> 

> Rupota (Tanzania) 

> 

> Sayh al Uhaymir (Oman) 

> 

> Sikhote-alin (East Russia) http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=sikhote-alin 

> (holy cow!) 

> 

> Tatahouine (Tunisia) 

> 

> Tuxtuac (Mexico) 

> 

> Uruacu (Brazil) HK told me "oor-ooh-ah-SOO" 

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