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<H1>[Mageia-discuss] Pronunciation</H1>
<B>Antoine Pitrou</B>
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<I>Mon Feb 20 19:43:06 CET 2012</I>
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<PRE>On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:05:53 +0100
Maarten Vanraes <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">alien at rmail.be</A>> wrote:
><i> Op maandag 20 februari 2012 16:31:19 schreef Antoine Pitrou:
</I>><i> > Hello,
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:18:46 -0500
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</I>><i> > imnotpc <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">imnotpc at Rock3d.net</A>> wrote:
</I>><i> > > I would like to talk to others about my experiences with Mageia, but I'm
</I>><i> > > not sure how to pronounce the name. Is the 'g' soft, as in the American
</I>><i> > > English pronunciation of 'magic', or is it a hard 'g' like 'gate'? The
</I>><i> > > dictionaries seem to indicate the latter but I'd like to hear it from
</I>><i> > > the horse's mouth, so to speak.
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > Though French, I would myself pronounce it hard (because that's how I
</I>><i> > imagine it being said in Greek :-)).
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > "Ma-gay-ah".
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > Regards
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > Antoine.
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</I>><i> no offense, but if you'd split it up, you'd have to go for:
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</I>><i> "Ma-ge-yah"
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I wanted to make it phonetically readable by a native English speaker :)
Regards
Antoine.
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