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Gnaeus
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 4:58 am
by spqr
How is this name pronounced?
Re: Gnaeus
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 2:01 pm
by Sceptra Tenens
Good question. I originally wrote that both the G and N were pronounced, but I really have no sources on this. It could have been pronounced with that same nasalized sound that we find is words like magnus... but I don't really think it did; that makes it quite difficult to pronounce, and feels like it should trigger elision.
Unless someone insists otherwise, I recommend pronouncing both as hard.
Re: Gnaeus
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 1:58 pm
by Dominus
See I would just do it a 'Gn' in 'Gnocchi' (N-y-ork-ie). Its a nasal sound. So for me it would sound like:
(N-y-ie-oos)
But thats only because saying it as (G-Nie-oos) is quite hard.
Re: Gnaeus
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 5:19 pm
by Sceptra Tenens
Dominus wrote:See I would just do it a 'Gn' in 'Gnocchi' (N-y-ork-ie). Its a nasal sound. So for me it would sound like:
(N-y-ie-oos)
But thats only because saying it as (G-Nie-oos) is quite hard.
Hm, interesting. Is English your first language? Because for me, using a hard G is easier by far.
Re: Gnaeus
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 2:02 pm
by Dominus
Sceptra Tenens wrote:Dominus wrote:See I would just do it a 'Gn' in 'Gnocchi' (N-y-ork-ie). Its a nasal sound. So for me it would sound like:
(N-y-ie-oos)
But thats only because saying it as (G-Nie-oos) is quite hard.
Hm, interesting. Is English your first language? Because for me, using a hard G is easier by far.
Yer, English is my first language, but I have had the luck to have been born into an Italian family.