User talk:Mr KEBAB/Archive 12

Pronunciation requests

Are the transcriptions correct in Samantha Stosur? [1] LoveVanPersie (talk) 08:24, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: No, clearly not. English /z/ is fully voiced between vowels, so the third consonant belongs to the /s/ phoneme as she pronounces it voicelessly.

Please ask editors to check the IPA before you source it or put it in an article. What if I couldn't access Wikipedia or just decided to quit without informing anyone? Mr KEBAB (talk) 09:37, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

In the end of words, English /z/ isn't fully voiced? LoveVanPersie (talk) 10:13, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: It depends on the phonetic environment. In it is /ɪt ɪz/ it's almost fully voiceless, but in is it? /ɪz ɪt/ it's voiced. Mr KEBAB (talk) 10:21, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

So when I only say Please, it is almost fully voiceless? Is the almost fully voiceless /z/ [s]? LoveVanPersie (talk) 10:43, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: It's not that simple. See fortis and lenis and clipping (phonetics). Mr KEBAB (talk) 11:15, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Could I ask you what LPD is? And what are the pronunciation in clip 1 and clip 2? LoveVanPersie (talk) 14:35, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: It's Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. We've already discussed diaphonemes, look in my archives. See also Help:IPA/English. IPAc-en shouldn't be used for US-specific pronunciations, especially given the fact that the person we're talking about isn't even American but Kiwi. When American /ɑː/ and /k/ are derived from historic /ɒ/ and /x/, we transcribe them as the latter. The same applies to American /ɛr/, which is derived from historic /ɛr/ and /ɛər/ and for many speakers also /ær/. Mr KEBAB (talk) 14:56, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Is it proper to cite the two souces? And what is the pronuciation of Walcott? LoveVanPersie (talk) 15:03, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: Two sources is an acceptable number, but they're bad for the reasons I've already explained. It's a bit hard to talk to someone who ignores what I say, but whatever.

The LPD gives /ˈwɔːlkət, ˈwɒl-, -kɒt/ for Walcott. The first one is perfectly regular so I don't see a good reason for adding it to articles. Mr KEBAB (talk) 15:09, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. LoveVanPersie (talk) 15:16, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Does it need to add a stress symbol before [ʒɑ̃ː] in Jean-Julien Rojer? And is the transcription correct accroding to [2]? Is -inho in Brazil Portuguese pronounced [ĩj̃u] (Philippe Coutinho) or [ĩɲu] (Ronaldinho) or both are OK? LoveVanPersie (talk) 17:24, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: Rojer pronounces his name [ˌʒɑnʒyˌljɛn ˈroːjɛr] on the recording, but we should transcribe it [ˌʒɑ̃ːʒyˌljɛ̃ː ˈroːjɛr]. The marginal phonemes /ɑ̃ː, ɛ̃ː/ are variably dutchified to [ɑn, ɛn] depending on the region and speaker.

I don't know. Have you checked Portuguese phonology and Help:IPA/Portuguese? Mr KEBAB (talk) 17:55, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: I'm sorry but this is the second time you sourced something that you weren't sure if it was correct ([3]). Please don't do that. Mr KEBAB (talk) 18:06, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Sorry, I won't do that any more. LoveVanPersie (talk) 04:47, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: Are you sure that the Slovak name Filip is pronounced [ˈfilip] and not [ˈfiʎip]? Mr KEBAB (talk) 08:51, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Sure. The four people in [4] and [5] pronounce it [ˈfilip]. Is the caron always left out in Slovak? LoveVanPersie (talk) 09:47, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: My bad, Slovak phonology says The /ʎ–l/ contrast is neutralized before front vowels, where only /l/ occurs. So it can only be [l] in our transcriptions.

We've already discussed that. Mr KEBAB (talk) 10:03, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

I know Slovak orthography says "Slovak features some heterophonic homographs." Does it exist in names?

And is it [roˈβert faˈɾa]? LoveVanPersie (talk) 10:13, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: I can't tell you anything more than what you can find in my archives and on Slovak orthography. You know that Slovak isn't my strong side, to put it mildly.

I hear it as [ˈroβert ˈfaɾa]. I'm sure that the surname is stressed on the first syllable, but I'm not so sure about the first name. Do you have a different recording? Mr KEBAB (talk) 10:43, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

[6] LoveVanPersie (talk) 11:03, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: That's definitely [ˈroβert ˈfaɾa]. Mr KEBAB (talk) 11:08, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

What's the pronunciations in [7] (Rohan Bopanna) and [8] (Purav Raja)? LoveVanPersie (talk) 11:36, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: I guess RP speakers would map the sounds to /ˈroʊhʌn bəˈpʌnə/, but LPD gives /ˈroʊən/ for Rohan and American speakers are likely to pronounce the surname as /bəˈpɑːnə/. I guess I'd need to hear British and American pronunciations of the name to have the big picture. Mr KEBAB (talk) 11:42, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: Please don't edit your comments in such drastic ways after they've been replied to. You need to post a new message.

I don't know about Purav Raja. LPD gives /ˈrɑːdʒə/ for the surname, but there are no hits on the first name. The way he pronounces it is suggestive of /ˈpuːræv ~ ˈpʊəræv ~ ˈpuːrʌv ~ ˈpʊərʌv/, but I guess it's either /ˈpuːræv/ or /ˈpʊəræv/. The vowel is a bit too central to be /æ/ and definitely too front (and probably also too low) to be a normal Indian /ʌ/.

Again, I'd like to hear British and American commentators pronounce his first name. Mr KEBAB (talk) 11:54, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

[9], [10], [11].

Hard to find British pronunciation of Purav Raja...

What's the Dutch pronunciation of Matwé Middelkoop? LoveVanPersie (talk) 12:18, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: The pronunciations are /rəˈhɑːn/, /ˈroʊhʌn bəˈpɑːnə/ and /ˈroʊhæn bəˈpɑːnə/. The first name clearly doesn't have an established pronunciation so my advice is that you just don't transcribe it.

That's too bad. The surname is pronounced /ˈrɑːdʒə/ and that's all we can put in the article.

It's [ˈmɑtʋeː ˈmɪdəlkoːp]. Mr KEBAB (talk) 12:35, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Is Koenig pronounced /ˈkeɪnɪg/? LoveVanPersie (talk) 12:51, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: Maybe, I'm not sure. This might also depend on the person, as some speakers insist that their surname be pronounced in a certain way. It's considered impolite if you don't do that. Mr KEBAB (talk) 12:55, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Do we need to add a stress symbol before [xuan] in [xwan maɾˈtin del ˈpotɾo]? LoveVanPersie (talk) 14:44, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: No. It's one name, pronounced as if spelled Juanmartín. Mr KEBAB (talk) 14:57, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: On second thought, you can safely transcribe Purav Raja as /ˈpʊəræv ˈrɑːdʒə/ and source it with [12]. This is because /ʊər/ in contemporary General British is pretty much the same as /uːr/, at least in less known/foreign words like Purav. In General American, it's either /ʊr/ or /uːr/ (depending on the analysis), but generally pretty close to [ur] phonetically. Mr KEBAB (talk) 15:07, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Is Francis Coquelin pronounced [fʁɑ̃sis kɔklɛ̃]?

And do Robbie Koenig's collegues pronounce Koenig /ˈkoʊnɪg/? [13] [14] [15] LoveVanPersie (talk) 15:15, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: I don't know. I can't help you with French names.

They do, but I'm not sure if they're his colleagues. I'd call them interviewers or simply journalists. Mr KEBAB (talk) 15:42, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: Oh, nevermind. He's also a journalist. My bad. Mr KEBAB (talk) 15:49, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Is it [fʁɑ̃sis kɔklɛ̃]? LoveVanPersie (talk) 15:50, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: Nope, it's [fʁɑ̃sis kɔkylɛ̃]. Mr KEBAB (talk) 16:03, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Are the two stress symbols before Marc proper? Marc López LoveVanPersie (talk) 17:50, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: Yes. Why wouldn't they be? López is a surname. Mr KEBAB (talk) 18:00, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Is it /dʒɪˈnɛpri/? LoveVanPersie (talk) 21:20, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

What's the pronunciation of Osuigwe? I know it's so fast, but I can't find any other clips... LoveVanPersie (talk) 21:44, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: Yes.

It's /əˈsɪɡweɪ/. Mr KEBAB (talk) 06:17, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Are them ([16], [17]) /luː/?

Is Li pronounced /li/ or /liː/? LoveVanPersie (talk) 08:36, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: Yes.

In what context? Is it a surname? Mr KEBAB (talk) 08:57, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Yes, surname. Ann Li (tennis) LoveVanPersie (talk) 09:05, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: Then it must be /liː/ as /i/ is an unstressed-only vowel. But I wouldn't put it in the article. It's quite obvious that Li is a Chinese surname, so /iː/ is pretty much the only possibile vowel. Mr KEBAB (talk) 09:14, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: Can you tell me where I can listen to the pronunciation of Mertiňák? I'd expect [c] there, not [t]. Mr KEBAB (talk) 13:45, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

I can't find a record... ň is with a caron so I think t isn't left out the caron.

What's Dabrowski's English pronunciation? It's /dəˈbraʊski/ in [18], [19] and [20]. It's /dəˈbroʊski/ in [21] and [22]. And there is also another pronunciation /dəˈbrɒvski/, which is more close to Polish pronunciation, in 79th second, 140th second of one clip. LoveVanPersie (talk) 14:01, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: So you misunderstood what Slovak orthography says. Here's the relevant quote:

To accelerate writing, a rule has been introduced that the frequent character combinations ďe, ťe, ňe, ľe, ďi, ťi, ňi, ľi, ďí, ťí, ňí, ľí, ďie, ťie, ňie, ľie, ďia, ťia, ňia, ľia are written without a caron de, te, ne, le, di, ti, ni, li, dí, tí, ní, lí, die, tie, nie, lie, dia, tia, nia, lia. These combinations are usually pronounced as if a caron were found above the consonant. Some exceptions are as follows:

1. foreign words (e.g. telefón is pronounced with a hard t and a hard l)
2. the following words: ten (that), jeden (one), vtedy (then), teraz (now)
3. nominative masculine plural endings of pronouns and adjectives do not "soften" preceding n, d, t, l (e.g. tí odvážni mladí muži /tiː odvaːʒni mladiː muʒi/, the/those brave young men)
4. short e in adjectival endings, which is derived from long é shortened by the "rhythmical rule" (see below), does not "soften" preceding n, d, t, l (e.g. krásne stromy /kraːsnɛ.../, beautiful trees, c.f. zelené stromy /zɛʎɛnɛː.../, green trees)

You really need to pay more attention to what you read. This is not the first time we're discussing this. The fact that I need to copy-paste a part of an article you claim to have read multiple times is very frustrating to me. I sometimes wonder if you actually want my help or it's just a joke.

From now on, please refrain from transcribing Slovak names with the combinations de, te, ne, di, ti, ni, dí, tí, ní, die, tie, nie, dia, tia, nia. When you post a transcription, it means that you're sure that it's correct. Ask on Help talk:IPA/Slovak instead and post it once you know the correct IPA.

Write it /dəˈbraʊski/, as it seems to be Gabriela's pronunciation of choice (see above). Mr KEBAB (talk) 14:40, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

But it's "writing", not "typing".

Her pronunciation of choice? Do you mean this video? But the person in the video is Gabrielle rather than Gabriela. And they don't look like the same person. LoveVanPersie (talk) 15:48, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: Does what I quoted make sense if we take "writing" and "to write" to mean exclusively "handwriting" and "to handwrite"? I don't think so. You should've consulted a dictionary by the way.

Ok, let's rephrase it: the fact that all of the speakers who say /dəˈbraʊski/ have a General American type of accent tells me that it's her pronunciation of choice. I don't know that for sure, but it's very likely. Another Polish surname that is pronounced that way is Rudkowski /rədˈkaʊski/.

If that were true why is Gabriela Dabrowski titled as it is? Mr KEBAB (talk) 17:11, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Is it [ˈana ˈkaroliːna ˈʃmiːdloʋaː]? LoveVanPersie (talk) 19:04, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: I've already asked you not to request transcriptions of Slovak names from me. Use Help talk:IPA/Slovak or ask a native speaker. Wikipedia isn't a place for our guesses.

I'll help you this time, but only partially:

- Anna is pronounced [ˈanna] according to a native speaker (see Help_talk:IPA/Slovak#<d,_t,_n,_l>_before_<e,_i,_í>), but to me the nasal sounds only slightly elongated ([ˈanˑa] or even [ˈana]).

- Yes, [ˈkaroliːna] is the only possible transcription. We've already established that only [l] is possible before [i, iː, e, eː, iu, ie, ia].

- Visit Slovak orthography, press ctrl + f, type rhytmic rule and tell me why [ˈʃmiːdloʋaː] is a wrong transcription. Mr KEBAB (talk) 07:58, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: I'm sorry but I thought that I was being clear that you were to refrain from editing/transcribing Slovak names that have ⟨n, t, d⟩ before front vowels. Are you absolutely sure that the first name of Daniela Hantuchová has an alveolar nasal, rather than a palatal one? In this recording, the nasal sounds palatal to me. Mr KEBAB (talk) 08:15, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

But it's [n] to me... And in [23] it's also /n/. LoveVanPersie (talk) 09:30, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: Are you absolutely sure that it's [n]? Just because Slovak ⟨ň⟩ is transcribed as [ɲ] it doesn't mean that it's always [ɲ], it could also be [nʲ]. Can you reliably distinguish [nʲ] from [n]?

What about the rest of my message? Mr KEBAB (talk) 09:47, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

Sorry, I can't distinguish them. Are them ([24], [25], [26], [27], [28], [29]) also [ɲ]?

In Juan Sebastián Cabal, we don't need to add a stress symbol before Juan because Juan and Sebastián are given names?

Are them ([30], [31], [32], [33], [34]) [eˈðwarðo ˈʃwaŋk]? LoveVanPersie (talk) 11:09, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

@LoveVanPersie: So you're really gonna ignore half of my message and just post another shopping list of links and ignore the fact that I've repeatedly asked you not to bring up Slovak pronunciations here, as I'm not comfortable discussing them. At this point I'm convinced that you don't respect my time (maybe it's also my fault for transcribing so many words for you, who knows). Please don't write here anymore. Mr KEBAB (talk) 11:23, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

Tennys Sandgren

Are you sure it's not /ˈsæŋɡrən/? To me it's clearly phonetically [ŋɡ].

I opened the file with Praat, but all I could tell was that there is a brief (about 30 ms both times) non-nasal but voiced-throughout closure between the nasal (which sounds very velar to me) and the [ɡ] plosion (IOW the velum closes before the burst but voicing never stops; there is no audible release), which I suspect is the dorso-velar occlusion of [ɡ]. Sadly I don't know how to analyze nasals!

I know an interconsonantal consonant (for the lack of a better term, or is there?) can be elided or unreleased, but he's clearly pronouncing his name in a very expressive manner (supposedly a canonical form, if you will), so the choice of /ndɡ/ strikes me as an overkill. (Not like it's matters though, just figured it would be fun.) Nardog (talk) 17:16, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

@Nardog: I'm sure that it's /ˈsændɡrən/. There's no smooth transition between /n/ and /ɡ/, something interrupts it. That something must be a weak (due to its undisputed syllable-final position), unreleased /d/. Maybe a more natural version would be [ˈsæŋɡ̚ɡrən] (-> [ˈsæŋɡrən]), but that's not how he pronounces it on the recording.

I don't have a slightest idea about Praat by the way. I just know that it exists. Mr KEBAB (talk) 18:16, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Hmm, interesting. Now that I hear it again, there may be a brief glottal stop (or glottalization) between the nasal and oral stops.

Praat is extremely useful for e.g. extracting formants when I'm not sure if it's /æ/ or /ɑ/, but the clunkiness of the interface throws me away every time I open it. It's astonishing it's existed for more than 20 years and how much it sucks now. (I mean, just look at the icon. It's adorably hideous.) Nardog (talk) 18:32, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

@Nardog: A glottal stop? Probably not. Remember that native speakers strongly associate it with voiceless plosives.

On second thought, I actually tried using it a few times. I'd probably do fine with it if I knew more about formants (which is very little).

That might be useful when you analyze Canadian or Californian English. I must admit that hearing TRAP realized as [ä] still sounds very weird when it's speakers from North America who do that.

Yeah... it looks like Pornhub downloader or something like that. Thanks for the podcast by the way, I'll listen to it. Mr KEBAB (talk) 08:57, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Appreciations

Thank you for your helping me a lot! And I'm very sorry. I won't disturb you any more from now on. LoveVanPersie (talk) 11:37, 26 January 2018 (UTC)