[ATM] RE: ATM Digest, Vol 2, Issue 36

[hermit at outofoptions.org (Ken Lowther)]

kernel.org has a sound clip of Linus Torvalds pronouncing Linux.  I think we are
too late to do the same with Texerau, but if some one that really  knows how to
say it wants to provide a clip, we can put it up.

Ken

Quoting Richard Klappal <klappal@xnet.com>:

> Not speaking French, it sounds like English doesn't really have the
> 'correct' sound, but the 'x' in Texereau should be phonetically related to
> 'ch' as in 'ich' of German. Placing the back of the tongue against the roof
> of the mouth, as if to give the 'ks' sound, but no fully closing the gap.
> You don't have the closure/stop that would be indicated by the 'k' portion
> of the sound.
>
> Rich
>
>
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>
> Rapha?l
>
> I am a Brit who lived in France for 3 years and I asked a number of
> Frenchmen to pronounce Texereau - the common pronunciation was totally
> unknown in my English and was a cross between Tex..a...ro as you
> describe and Tesh ..a..ro.  Something of a mixture of a softer "x" and a
> harder "sh".
>
> Does that make any sense?
>
> Adam
>
>  ... trimmed ...
>
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