[bksvol-discuss] Re: Ot: Pronouncing Guinevere (was Re: Re: O_T Introducing Guinevere)
- From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:05:54 -0700
Amy,
I'm not qualified to debate your etymology, but Guinness Stout is a very
famous Irish beer, whatever the origin of the word "Guinness". That is
indisputable.
I wasn't being totally serious anyway. But since her speech program
pronounced the g u i n combination correctly in Guinevere, I was simply
wondering how it would pronounce g u i n in the case of Guinness, since the
same letter combination is not pronounced the same in the two words. Would
the speech program know to pronounce the same letter combination
differently? For instance, my JAWS says Guinness correctly, but not
Guinevere. I was only have serious when I suggested that if her speech says
Gwinevere correctly, perhaps it would say Gwinness.
That is all.
Evan
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----- Original Message -----
From: Amy Goldring Tajalli
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:47 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Ot: Pronouncing Guinevere (was Re: Re: O_T
Introducing Guinevere)
Evan,
If you could only teach your reader - Guinness is Scots and Guinevere is
Old English or The Old Welsh which is the derivation of the name coming from
the word Gwenhwyfar meaning white phantom or white elf or even referring to
the Great white owl though by that I don't know if that is a great Snowy Owl
or a Great Horned Owl which is a phantom or spirit and therefore pale or
white. Do we have any members from Wales? My welsh is non-existent but Mary
Stewart says that the Gwenhwyfar may be a real Owl or a phantom but the one
we see in The Hollow Hills is both, the real one and a foreshadow of things
to come as it is a warning. In any event I don't doubt that Shelley's Gwenna
is a very real angel.
Amy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 3:09 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Ot: Pronouncing Guinevere (was Re: Re: O_T
Introducing Guinevere)
>I was wondering if DecTalk Access 32 pronounces Guinevere correctly, how
> does it pronounce Guinness, the famous Irish stout. <grin>. My JAWS with
> Eloquence says Ghinni Vere but it pronounces Guinness correctly. So if
> DecTalk says Gwinivere, does it say Gwinness?
>
> Evan
>
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> From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 8:46 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: O_T Introducing Guinevere
>
>
>> Congratulations, Shelley! BTW, with the DecTalk Access 32 software,
Jaws
>> pronounces Guinevere's name correctly. Just another synthesizer quirk,
I
>> guess. <Smile> Hope you and Guinevere are enjoying your first days
home!
>>
>> Jana
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 9:18 PM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: O_T Introducing Guinevere
>>
>>
>>> Shelley, congratulations on Guinevere. I see what you mean about JAWS
>>> and its pronunciation. <smile>
>>> Cindy Lou
>>> We missed you, Shelley.
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