Boötes pronounciation?

Iain M Norman

Iain M Norman
Apparently the "ö" in the name is a diaeresis, not an umlaut, meaning that each 'o' is to be pronounced separately.

Wikipedia says:

/boʊˈoʊtiːz/

No I have no idea what that means so I've been trying to interpret the IPA key.

So both 'o's are pronounced oʊ which is as in oats.

So it's

boʊ - as in boat.
oʊ - as in boat
tiːz - as in tease

Which I'm saying thusly: http://teknohippy.net/junk/bootes.mp3

Anyone who knows this IPA stuff? Have I interpreted correctly?

Also as we reference it in days to come next week ALT-0246 (ö) might be handy!
 

jamieboo

J
Interesting.
It necessitates a sort of phantom 'w'!
But the little apostrophe indicates main stress is on the second 'o' syllable.

boWO****

It sort of has a similar music (though not quite rhyming) to Capote.
Or pilates.
Or promoties. I don't know what promoties are.


>>Indeed... random T E E Z censoring!
 

Zieman

Zieman
Interesting.

So, if I write "öööö..." in my native tongue (meaning "uhhmm..."), English speakers would be inclined to pronounce it oe-oh-oh-oh ? :D

(natively, the ö is pronounced quite like u in word church)
 

Rog

Rog
Boötes /boʊˈoʊtiːz/

In English, I think it's pronounced 'Bow oh teas'.

'Bow' as in arrow.
'Oh' as in oh my God...
'Teas' as in who wants a cuppa?

Edit: only just noticed Zieman's post isn't the first in this thread... :rolleyes:

Time for a cuppa here I think.
 
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Ian Phillips

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Ian Phillips
jamieboo said:
Interesting.
It necessitates a sort of phantom 'w'!
But the little apostrophe indicates main stress is on the second 'o' syllable.

boWO****

It sort of has a similar music (though not quite rhyming) to Capote.
Or pilates.
Or promoties. I don't know what promoties are.


>>Indeed... random T E E Z censoring!
Click to expand...

promoties is dutch for a sales action, such as a product promotion at a supermarket. (The things you can learn on a space game forum :))

An example might be 'Come to Boötes Footware for all your space shoe needs. Special offer this week, two for the price of one!'
 

Mephane

Mephane
Ian Phillips said:
promoties is dutch for a sales action, such as a product promotion at a supermarket. (The things you can learn on a space game forum :))

An example might be 'Come to Boötes Footware for all your space shoe needs. Special offer this week, two for the price of one!'
Click to expand...

Must be some mighty expensive shoes that a single free pair saves you more than the cost of a voyage of several light-years just to go shoe-shopping.:D
 
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