Gnaeus
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Re: Gnaeus
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.
Unless someone insists otherwise, I recommend pronouncing both as hard.
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Re: Gnaeus
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.
(N-y-ie-oos)
But thats only because saying it as (G-Nie-oos) is quite hard.
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Re: Gnaeus
Hm, interesting. Is English your first language? Because for me, using a hard G is easier by far.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.
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Re: Gnaeus
Yer, English is my first language, but I have had the luck to have been born into an Italian family.Sceptra Tenens wrote:Hm, interesting. Is English your first language? Because for me, using a hard G is easier by far.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.
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