Pronunciation watch

[gurnemanz]

I switched on Radio 3 just before 9 to hear Elizabeth Alker refer to Vilde Frang, pronouncing her surname to rhyme roughly with "wrong". Tom Service has just pronounced it to rhyme with "bang". It struck me that Ms Alker's version must surely be more authentic.

[oliver sudden]

I switched on Radio 3 just before 9 to hear Elizabeth Alker refer to Vilde Frang, pronouncing her surname to rhyme roughly with "wrong". Tom Service has just pronounced it to rhyme with "bang". It struck me that Ms Alker's version must surely be more authentic.

It’s a while since I last spoke to a Norwegian but I wouldn’t have thought either of those was very close…

[vinteuil]

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https://www.howtopronounce.com/norwegian/vilde-frang

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https://forvo.com/word/vilde_frang_bj%C3%A6rke/

[smittims]

Tom McKinney mispronounced 'Almaviva' on Thursday, and referred to Stravinsky's 'Symphony for wind instruments'.

[french frank]

I switched on Radio 3 just before 9 to hear Elizabeth Alker refer to Vilde Frang, pronouncing her surname to rhyme roughly with "wrong". Tom Service has just pronounced it to rhyme with "bang". It struck me that Ms Alker's version must surely be more authentic.

This isn't helpful enough. A as in 'hard' would suggest Frahng, but I'm not sure whether that is the case when it's followed by a consonantal group - (ng). I'd guess Frahng which is half way between, as it might be, bong and bang.

[LMcD]

This isn't helpful enough. A as in 'hard' would suggest Frahng, but I'm not sure whether that is the case when it's followed by a consonantal group - (ng). I'd guess Frahng which is half way between, as it might be, bong and bang.

How To Prounce.com says Villed Frang (rhymes with killed bang), but the 'g' is almost silent.

[oddoneout]

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[gurnemanz]

The disastrous earthquake has been top news for several days now. It astonishes me that quite a few news presenters still haven't twigged or bothered to find out that the 'y' in Myanmar is a consonant as in 'yes' not a vowel as in 'sky'.

[vinteuil]

The disastrous earthquake has been top news for several days now. It astonishes me that quite a few news presenters still haven't twigged or bothered to find out that the 'y' in Myanmar is a consonant as in 'yes' not a vowel as in 'sky'.

thank you for that.

I still wonder why we cravenly followed the junta there in changing the name we use here : I see the French still call Burma 'Birmanie'

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[cloughie]

thank you for that.

I still wonder why we cravenly followed the junta there in changing the name we use here : I see the French still call Burma 'Birmanie'

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…and they still call London ‘Londres’

[Roger Webb]

thank you for that.

I still wonder why we cravenly followed the junta there in changing the name we use here : I see the French still call Burma 'Birmanie'

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Why do we call Peking, Beijing? The French still call it Pékin, the Germans, Peking, the Spanish, Pekin, and closer to (their) home the Japanese, Pekin.

Let's not get started on Bombay and Calcutta!

[Sir Velo]

And I understand the Chinese still call it Edo.

[french frank]

My feeling is that other countries can do what they please with their own and other countries' names. The important thing is that, in the UK, people understand which country or city is being referred to. (I can cope with a bit of inconsistency, though it may trouble the elderly for a while )

[vinteuil]

My feeling is that other countries can do what they please with their own and other countries' names. The important thing is that, in the UK, people understand which country or city is being referred to.

... there are times when the change of name has political implications (cf Persia / Iran, Cambodia/Kampuchea/Cambodia). The change of name by the incoming junta in Burma was one such, and I was surprized by the rapidity with which the change was adopted in Britain, given our dislike of almost everything else the junta was doing

[LMcD]

…and they still call London ‘Londres’

On the other hand - why can't UK sports reporters be bothered to pronounce 'France' properly when it's preceded by 'Tour de' ?