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Re: Schuyler
by Indy (Indigo)
1/4/2005, 11:15 AM
in reply to a message by Cinderella
Uh you're Dutch!! you should know that! it's just Schuiler...pr'ed Sguyler...so NO "k", they (english speaking people)just made it Skyler, because they can't pronounce our "hard G", they only have a soft one...:)
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- Chrisell   +4
1/5/2005, 6:11 AM
Uh, Indy, we *do* have a hard 'g'!:-)
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- Indy (Indigo)   +3
1/5/2005, 1:02 PM
do you?I doubt that you have the same "hard G" we have..because when we try to make foreign people pronounce "Scheveningen" (Cinderella you'd know this word! :)) they really can't..they can't pronounce SCH as we do..for example, Gabriel, Garage, Gareth, Gay, etc all have a soft G...Could you give me an example of a word that has a "hard G"? Not trying to offend/attack you Chrisell, but i'm curious what you consider a hard G...ours is a hard one, almost like you are gargling your throat...:)
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- Cinderella (guest)
1/6/2005, 12:04 PM
Oh I know Scheverningen :) lolSorry...lol
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- Miranda (Randee15)   +1
1/5/2005, 2:14 PM
What we call "hard G"Is the G in Gabriel, Gareth, Gay, etc. What we call "soft G" are Gs that are pronounced as Js, as in Gillian, Gemma, Genesis, Genevieve, etc.Miranda
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- Indy (Indigo)
1/6/2005, 2:30 AM
Ah okay thanks! But your G's in Gabriel, Gareth, Gay etc are soft G's for us..lol i wish we had some programm that can play sounds..
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- Cinderella (guest)   +1
1/5/2005, 2:44 AM
Dank je! Ik dacht al wel dat het gewoon Sguyler was... Maarja je weet maar nooit he? :D
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- Indy (Indigo)
1/5/2005, 12:58 PM
Nee klopt, kan je t beter ff navragen...:)
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