Actually most English speakers (at least in America) just pronounce it "Gondee," treating the h as silent. Indeed, I often see it misspelled as "Ghandi."
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... that's swearish alright. Although with that spelling (Gondee), the way the British pronounce it, its not so bad.You guys pronounce it Gondee ? Why does the a change to an o ?
Most brits I know pronounce it Gandee, but the 'ee' sound is suitably "breathy" to suggest the lingering of a mysterious 'h'.
Most brits I know pronounce it Gandee, but the 'ee' sound is suitably "breathy" to suggest the lingering of a mysterious 'h'.
Actually, we sort of pronounce it more like.... "Garndee," or "ghandee."
We definately stick an "arn" ish sound in there, but the 'r' is soft, almost ethereal; sometimes even the speaker isn't entire sure it was there.
We definately stick an "arn" ish sound in there, but the 'r' is soft, almost ethereal; sometimes even the speaker isn't entire sure it was there.
So, just to confirm, that's "Gandhi", with an ethereal 'r' and a breathy 'h'.
Who said dialect is confusing?
Who said dialect is confusing?
In American English (or at least in my dialect thereof), the short O sound in a word like pond or fond is extremely similar to the "ah" sound ("ar" to a Brit) in a word like wand. And "gon" is a more familiar combination of sounds to an American than the first syllable of "Gandhi" is.
Of course, I've heard some Americans and even more Brits pronounce it in a way that rhymes with "candy." Kind of like how Winston Churchill pronounced "Nazi" like "nattsy." The main American example that comes to mind is the Yosemite Sam cartoon where Sam says he's the meanest, orneriest so-and-so this side of the Rio Grande (which he pronounced "grandee"), "and I ain't Mahatma Gandhi." Although in later versions, this was dubbed over as "and I ain't no namby-pamby" for some reason.
Chris:
Wow, you know your cartoons well enough to know when something's been dubbed! That's impressive.
Also, it doesn't help my understanding of your example in that we brits pronounce pond, fond, and wand in exactly the same way! Lol. But I totally get what you're saying: the 'o' sound is pronounced the same as our 'ah' sound.
I just had to read your post in my best american accent, and everything suddenly made sense
Wow, you know your cartoons well enough to know when something's been dubbed! That's impressive.
Also, it doesn't help my understanding of your example in that we brits pronounce pond, fond, and wand in exactly the same way! Lol. But I totally get what you're saying: the 'o' sound is pronounced the same as our 'ah' sound.
I just had to read your post in my best american accent, and everything suddenly made sense
So, just to confirm, that's "Gandhi", with an ethereal 'r' and a breathy 'h'.
Who said dialect is confusing?
mattburgess, posting three times in a roll is considered spamming on the board, please use the 'edit' button in future when you have something extra to say.
I just call him Bob.
--Ted
--Ted
Wow, strict.
How much do you get?
^That information is private.
Too right.
Wow, that is some really cool looking writting. Which language is it?
I've always thought that the Asian and middle eastern writting was cool looking.
It's the Devanāgarī alphabet, which is used for quite a few South Asian languages.
Yes. Wikipedia seems to have more information on it than the link I'd given before. Thanks Christopher. The scripts for Hindi and Sanskrit are almost the same, while for other related languages like Gujarati, Oriya, Punjabi, Bengali etc. the script are derived from it.
Note: Almost every Indian state has its own language and with its own script.
Note: Almost every Indian state has its own language and with its own script.
