[Wikipedia-l] International cooperation on sounds

[Pedro Fayolle]

This is a brilliant idea, I'll try to promote it on the Spanish wiki.

Pedro


On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 22:41:28 +0100, Gerard Meijssen
<gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hoi,
> 
> Three people, all very active in Wiktionary, agreed that the
> pronunciation of names and places are quit different in the non local
> languages. Many wikipedias add how a place is written in the language
> where this name is local.
> 
> The three people pronounced a few words and, they have been added to
> commons. I have also been so bold to add these pronunciations to the
> wikipedias that have an article on these illustrious people; they are
> Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Silvio Berlusconi and George Walker Bush. I have
> added some famous Dutch politicians for good measure and, if you want me
> to pronounce Dutch words, you can always ask. I am aware that not
> everyone in a country pronounce things in the same way, but it is most
> often superior to what you make up if you see the characters that make
> up the name.
> 
> One request, please add those pronunciations of important people, places
> etc to Commons, there is no better way of learning how something is to
> be pronounced for someone who is not failiar with your language.
> 
> Thanks,
>    GerardM
> 
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