I saw that someone from the UK had got to my blog the other day by searching the phrase
"Lamprais pronounciation"
My first thought was a mocking and cruel one. Along the lines of
"Ha, how stupid can someone be? It's obvious how to pronounce the word, surely anyone can work that out?"
Then I thought more about the important matter. It dawned on me that, if a chap isn't Sri Lankan, or Dutch, or used to hearing and saying the word, then it's a total mindfuck of a word. My possible pronounciations are:
Lamp rice
Lump rice
Lamp rye
Lump rye
Lamp raise
Lump raise
Confusing really, this whole language and phonetics business isn't it?
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3 comments:
I'd go with "lump rise".
I have a problem with the spelling all the time. As for pronunciation, go with what the burghers recommend?
I do not about you but I pronounce it "yum yum"
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