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can we get these right for once?

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How do you pronounce the following:

1) Sirius

2) Pleiades

3) Ritchey-Chretien

4) Hyades

5) Zubenelgenubi

6) Ophiuchus

7) Schiefspiegler


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Hi,
Ha ha ha... My English is very bad, so always can't pronounce all those word correctly. Anyway, may be the below links will help:

1) Astronomical Pronunciation Guide ( http://www.astroleague.org/al/astrnote/astnot07.html )

2) Astronomical Pronunciation Guide - II ( http://www.astroleague.org/al/astrnote/astnot14.html )

I'll download the file and try to learn the pronunciation myself and hope (hope only :mrgreen: :mrgreen: ) I can pronounce it correctly next time... ha ha ha :P :P :P

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Post by kazumacat »

OMG~!!! English lesson~!! I'm gonna die~!!!

4) Hey-des ??????
2) Ple-a-des ?????
6) O-fu-chu-s ????

Forget about it... LOLx.. twisting my tongue already~!!
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add 2 more to the list, arcturus and betelgeuse.

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Post by cataclysm »

How about,

Encke
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Post by Astroboy »

MooEy wrote:add 2 more to the list, arcturus and betelgeuse.

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Wouldn't that be "arc-two-rus" and "beetle-geese"?

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no, it should be "bee-tell-juice". ;P
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Post by kayheem »

If you can say this word 5 times quickly without mistake, then all the previous words in this thread would be no problem :-)


Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty


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kayheem wrote:If you can say this word 5 times quickly without mistake, then all the previous words in this thread would be no problem :-)


Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty


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I think i'll stick with those words above for now. :shock:
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Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty
It is said that doctors' handwritings are so messy cos half the time they can't spell these big words ... haha ... *kidding*
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