Date sent:              Fri, 19 Feb 1999 13:38:12 -0300
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From:                   Jose Eduardo de Alencar Moreira <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:                Incorrect pronunciation - non shell related
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Jose,   I loved it!   One problem might be that the letter "v" is too
close to the letter "B."
 
regards,
 
Fred
 
 
> ----------
> De:  Fred Duerr [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] <mailto:[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]>
> Enviada em:  Sexta-feira, 19 de Fevereiro de 1999 05:47
> Para:  [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Assunto:  Re: [CONCH-L] Correct pronunciation
>
> Hi,  try this one
>
> koko   as in the drink,
>
> tsch   as in Tschaikovski,
>
> ash    as in    aaah  sh, and
>
> vilia    as in the more familiar cilia.
>
>
> Should work,
>
> Do Cvidania  (transliteration stinks)
> Fred
>
>
>
> Hi to all Conch-Lers,
>
> After reading all this thread about correct pronunciation, I couldn't resist
> to send you the following.
>
> Eduardo
> Brasilia, Brazil
>
>
> >  **************
> >
> >
> >
> > WORLD NEWS:
> >                CLINTON DEPLOYS VOWELS TO BOSNIA
> >
> >                Cities of Sjlbvdnzv, Grzny to be First Recipients.
> >
> > Before an emergency joint session of Congress yesterday, President Clinton
> > announced US plans to deploy over 75,000 vowels to the war-torn region of
> > Bosnia. The deployment, the largest of its kind in American history, will
> > provide the region with the critically needed letters A,E,I,O and U, and
> > is hoped to render countless Bosnian names more pronounceable. "For six
> > years, we have stood by while names like Ygrjvslhv and Tzlynhr and Glrm
> > have been horribly butchered by millions around the world," Clinton said.
> > "Today, the United States must finally stand up and say 'Enough'. It is
> time the
> > people of Bosnia finally had some vowels in their incomprehensible words.
> The US
> > is proud to lead the crusade in this noble endeavour."
> >
> > The deployment, dubbed Operation Vowel Storm by the State Department, is
> > set for early next week, with the Adriatic port cities of Sjlbvdnzv and
> > Grzny slated to be the first recipients. Two C-130 transport plans, each
> > carrying over 500 24-count boxes of "E's" will fly from Andrews Air Force
> > Base across the Atlantic and airdrop the letters over the cities. Citizens
> > of Grzny and Sjlbvdnzv eagerly await the arrival of the vowels. "My God, I
> > do not think we can last another day," Trszg Grzdnjkln, 44, said. "I have
> > six children and none of them has a name that is understandable to me or
> > to anyone else.
> >
> > Mr. Clinton, please send my poor, wretched family just one 'E'. Please."
> > Said Sjlbvdnzv resident Grg Hmphrs, 67: "With just a few key letters, I
> > could be George Humphries. This is my dream." The airdrop represents the
> > largest deployment of any letter to a foreign country since l984.
> > During the summer of that year, the US shipped 92,000 consonants to
> > Ethiopia, providing cities like Quaouoaua, Eaoiiuae, and Aao with vital,
> > life-giving supplies of L's, S's and T's. The consonant-relief effort
> > failed, however, when vast quantities of the letters were intercepted and
> > hoarded by violent, gun-toting warlords.
> >
> > I, for one, cannot begin to express my pride for such a devoted
> > administration.
> >
> >
> >
>
 
 
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