Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Buchanan??

Salve a tutti,
mi servirebbe una piccola informazione: come si pronuncia il cognome
(abbastanza diffuso nel mondo anglosassone) *Buchanan*?
Ringrazio anticipatamente  ;-) 

 (abbastanza diffuso nel mondo anglosassone) *Buchanan*?
biu'kčn@n
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"Nothing lasts forever, even cold November rain" 

biu'kčn@n
Io direi : biůk@n@n

 Io direi : biůk@n@n
Io posso solo dire che nella quarta stagione di "24" c'e' un personaggio 
che si chiama cosi' e lo pronunciano con l'accento sulla prima a, 
aperta... se poi ci sono diverse pronunce, lo ignoro :-)
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you're gonna see some serious shit!" 

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I'd surmise that the BritEng pronunciation is ['bju:k@n@n], and the AmEng
pronunciation, typically longer, is ['bju:,k&n@n]. Am I correct?
Bye, FB
-- 
Conversation like television set on honeymoon: unnecessary.
(Murder by Death)

pronunciation, typically longer, is ['bju:,k&n@n]. Am I correct?
I'm not too au fait on those symbols. I did see an explanation of them
once on some FAQ, a.u.e I believe, but I never took the time to learn
them, I should I suppose. The first syllable 'biů' is like the Italian
words piů & giů, k@n@n is the English way, I'm not sure how the
Americans say it.

aperta... se poi ci sono diverse pronunce, lo ignoro :-)
Certo ci sono diverse pronunce, non sto dicendo che hai torto, sto
dicendo come lo direi.

 dicendo come lo direi.
I'd have written: "sto dicendo come lo direi io". In English you'd say "how
I'd say it", stressing "I". In Italian the subject is not required, so if
it's expressed it often entails emphasis.
Bye, FB
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tell me why a man who possesses one of the most brilliant minds of this
century can't say his prepositions or articles"
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 I'm not too au fait on those symbols.
[bju:] ==> as in *beau*tiful
[@] ==> schwa; as in c*o*nsider
[&] ==> as in c*a*n
['] ==> main stress on the following syllable
[,] ==> secondary stress on the following syllable (e.g. "necessary":
['nes@s(@)ri] vs ['nes@,se:ri(:)].
[:] ==> the preceding sound is long
I postulated that the Americans said ['bju:,k&n@n] ("beau" as in
"beautiful", and then "cannon"; main stress on "beau"), but I don't know if
I'm right. Maybe they do say [bju:'k&n@n].
[...]
Bye, FB
-- 
"I saw something nasty in the woodshed!"
(Cold Comfort Farm, the film)

 know if I'm right. Maybe they do say [bju:'k&n@n].
Ok, giusto per farmi capire... ho fatto un mini-rip audio da un episodio 
di 24:
http://www.dimensionedelta.net/24.wav
 (69k)
"I'll let Buchanan know".
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Laz - [
http://www.dimensionedelta.net
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"I bought me an illusion and I put it on the wall" 

it's expressed it often entails emphasis.
Thanks!

"I'll let Buchanan know".
Non dice "I'll let" molto bene.

 "I'll let Buchanan know".
Thanks. It seems [bju:'k&n@n] to me. Well, she says [bju:'c,&n@n] ([c,] ==>
"ich", "mich"), but I guess she's being sloppy rather than rendering "ch".
Bye, FB 
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Mrs. Palmer, in her way, was equally angry. 'She was determined to drop his
acquaintance immediately, and she was very thankful that she had never been
acquainted with him at all'. (Jane Austen)

 "ich", "mich"), but I guess she's being sloppy rather than rendering "ch".
Nel 1981 (laggiù nell'Arizona, terra di sogni e di chimere) seguii un corso 
del professor Allen Buchanan
http://www.internetbookshop.it/ser/serdsp.asp?shop=1&c=WLSFP9FT54HLA
Per quel che posso ricordare, a così tanti anni di distanza, a me pare che 
in effetti il "ch" fosse pronunciato [c,].
Forse eravamo tutti un po' "sloppy". :-)
Un caro saluto a tutti.
Frank redivivo

 Forse eravamo tutti un po' "sloppy". :-)
Denghiu!
Ciao, FB
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