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Tender Branson
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« on: July 18, 2012, 11:07:22 PM »
pronounce the word "longevity" ?

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« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2012, 11:14:55 PM »
long - jev - itty
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« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2012, 11:17:23 PM »
Not "launch"-"whitey" ?
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« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2012, 11:31:40 PM »

What? How do you get that? No.
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« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2012, 06:24:49 AM »
Personally I say it lawn-jev-it-tea.
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« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2012, 07:06:50 AM »
I would tell you, but you have to pay me $30/hour.  English teaching is an unpleasant racket, but it is a racket.
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« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2012, 07:07:39 AM »
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« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2012, 08:13:16 AM »
You can look up the pronunciation of English words on howjsay.com.
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« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2012, 09:51:59 AM »
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« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2012, 11:19:27 AM »
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« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2012, 11:39:02 AM »
We all need to learn that system that allows phonetic typing.  I'll do my best to explain, though, with a couple of different faux-phonetic combinations that are all meant to be pronounced the same.

lon-jev-i-ty
lawn-jev-eh-ti
lawn-jehv-eh-ti

I hope that makes sense.
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« Reply #11 on: July 19, 2012, 11:42:15 AM »
He's german, the "w" makes a "v" sound like in "Wehrmacht".
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« Reply #12 on: July 19, 2012, 12:34:07 PM »
Long - jeh - vah - tee.
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« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2012, 12:36:12 PM »
Quote from: a discombobulate on July 19, 2012, 07:06:50 AM
I would tell you, but you have to pay me $30/hour.  English teaching is an unpleasant racket, but it is a racket.

Is that you are doing now? That makes two of us.
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« Reply #14 on: July 19, 2012, 12:38:37 PM »
I thought you were from Tampa, not Plant City or Brooksville!
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« Reply #15 on: July 19, 2012, 03:21:05 PM »
« Edited: July 20, 2012, 12:27:52 AM by Emperor PiT »
Quote from: Yelnoc on July 19, 2012, 11:42:15 AM
He's german, the "w" makes a "v" sound like in "Wehrmacht".

     Yeah, though are there any examples of that practice in English? Many letters have a multiplicity of pronunciations in the English language, but those two really don't.
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« Reply #16 on: July 19, 2012, 09:31:38 PM »
Quote from: Emperor PiT on July 19, 2012, 03:21:05 PM
Quote from: Yelnoc on July 19, 2012, 11:42:15 AM
He's german, the "w" makes a "v" sound like in "Wehrmacht".

     Yeah, though are there any examples of that practice in English? Many letters have a multiplicity of pronunciations in the Englsih language, but those two really don't.
Not that I can think of, no.
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« Reply #17 on: July 19, 2012, 09:43:43 PM »
You guys realize that j's are pronounced differently in German, right?

Proper pronunciation: lawng-DZHEV-it-ee
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« Reply #18 on: July 22, 2012, 01:47:11 AM »
lon-jev-vit-i
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« Reply #19 on: July 22, 2012, 07:28:13 AM »
Quote from: clarence on July 19, 2012, 12:38:37 PM
I thought you were from Tampa, not Plant City or Brooksville!

St. Pete, and parents are from states far to the north of Florida (not too far north though, mostly upper South (TN, KY, NC, WV, VA, etc).
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