[Mageia-discuss] Pronunciation

Mon Feb 20 18:03:49 CET 2012

2012/2/20 imnotpc <imnotpc at rock3d.net>
+>
+> I never thought of that pronunciation. So I'm trying to think of how you
+> would naturally say it in French. Would it be something like 'ma-zsh-ah'? (I
+> obviously don't know proper phonetics)
+
+Well, as a French speaking, I pronunce it the French way. In French,
+when it's followed by a "e" or "i", the "g" is a soft "g" as in
+"magic" (though we have no "d" sound before the g in French). It also
+the kind of sound you have in "Asia" for the "s" (though it might
+depend on the kind of English you speak I think).
+
+So, you would pronunce /ma.ʒe.ja/ (remember that /j/ is not the sound
+you have in "jelly" but the sound you have in "youth", just like the
+German "j").
+To compare, I think in English you would pronunce /ˈmædʒɛjæ/
+That's not written the same way in phonetics, but it's actually quite
+similar except for the /d/ sound in English.
+