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Re: "Goff" is just silly. It doesn't make sense according to any rules of pronunciation. Camilla Send a noteboard - 05/06/2010 09:00:27 AM
"Go" makes sense from the standpoint of just not pronouncing a final -gh.

"GoX" makes sense from a "let's get the end right" standpoint.

"XoX" makes sense from a "I know Dutch" standpoint.

"GjoX" makes sense from a "I know he spoke with a Brabant accent and I'm going to say it how he said" standpoint.

"Goff" just doesn't meet any of those criteria.


I confess I don't go all the way down correct pronounciation lane myself. I pronounce the first G and a g. And the X is not full blown, only half-committed-to. I suspect the reason why the British version jarrs so much is that I am not used to it. And it sounds like they are trying without any clue as to what they are trying. A little like people who pronounce Don Quixote, Don Quijotte (think French).
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Looks good! Darth_Katie - 04/06/2010 06:52:12 PM 241 Views
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So what's the proper pronunciation? soilent brad - 05/06/2010 01:23:55 AM 283 Views
Re: So what's the proper pronunciation? Camilla - 05/06/2010 08:56:39 AM 245 Views
"Goff" is just silly. It doesn't make sense according to any rules of pronunciation. Tom - 05/06/2010 02:02:47 AM 265 Views
Re: "Goff" is just silly. It doesn't make sense according to any rules of pronunciation. Camilla - 05/06/2010 09:00:27 AM 253 Views
It should probably be ki:-SHO:-te: Tom - 05/06/2010 05:29:49 PM 247 Views
Maybe, probably not Camilla - 05/06/2010 05:55:30 PM 240 Views
No, certainly so. Carochi's Grammar of Nahuatl from 1645 conclusively disproves your wikipedia. Tom - 06/06/2010 04:32:52 AM 250 Views
Quite possibly. Camilla - 06/06/2010 09:45:20 AM 234 Views
See...there was a logical flaw in your use of wikipedia. Tom - 06/06/2010 02:21:44 PM 211 Views
I think the British version sounds like they are not trying at all. Darth_Katie - 05/06/2010 10:21:19 PM 233 Views
I found this about the pronounciation. MightyYT - 05/06/2010 04:22:44 AM 253 Views
Re: I found this about the pronounciation. Camilla - 05/06/2010 09:02:13 AM 248 Views
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