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Re: names that are not written

by Barbara (guest)

9/10/2002, 2:34 PM

in reply to a message by ashley

Just curious: How is Noa pronounced correctly?

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- Shay (guest) +5

9/11/2002, 2:53 AM

The male name "Noah", as in the man who built the ark, is in Hebrew NO-ach. (For the "ch" pronounciation, I can only quote Phyllis:
"it's almost like you are about to do a very unladylike spit, very guttoral")

The female "Noah", the daughter of Zelophehad, is NO-ah.

- Barbara (guest) +4

9/12/2002, 4:04 AM

Thanks for the information, Shay. Being German, I'm used to producing unladylike spit sounds. ;-)

- Shay (guest) +3

9/12/2002, 2:15 PM

you're welcome :-)

I think it's a shame that this sound doesn't exist in English.

- Phyllis (guest)

9/12/2002, 5:31 PM

It does, but without being a part of a word. :rolleyes:

- Barbara (guest) +1

9/12/2002, 5:26 PM

Well, the Scottish have it, don't they? Like in "loch", for example?

- Phyllis (guest)

9/13/2002, 3:46 PM

The Irish have it, too. I'm not sure if the Welsh or linguistic members of the Celtic branch have that particular sound. *shrug* I believe Russian and some of the members of the Slavic languages have the same sound (Alexander? Any input?)

Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria)

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