Just for fun! I know there exist “the correct” pronunciations, but how do you pronounce the words in your inner monologue? :)

Nauvis:

  1. “Now-vis”
  2. Closer to “Novice”

Vulcanus:

  1. “Vulk Anus”
  2. Like “Tetanus”

Gleba:

  1. “Gleeba”
  2. “Glebbah”
  3. “Glay Bar”

Fulgora:

  1. “Ful-gore-ah”
  2. “Ful-guu-rah”
  3. “Fulger-ah”

Aquilo:

  1. “Ack-eelo”
  2. “A qui loh”
  3. “Ack-willow”

And lastly:

  1. “Space Age”
  2. “Spaceage” like “Mileage”
  • LvxferreEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    ['näʊ̯.wis], [wul.'kɜ̃.nus], ['gle.bɐ], ['ful.gɔ.ɾɐ], ['ä.kʷi.lo], ['speɪs 'eɪ.dʒe]

    If speaking them loud I’m probably swapping the [w]'s with [v]'s. Beyond that one could probably guess my native language and even local dialect from that, specially the vowels.

    • Deestan@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      Not good at IPA, but the letter swapping is common in Finland, Sweden and eastern Norway?

      • LvxferreEnglish
        4·
        2 months ago

        The “letter swapping” thing is that I mentally read those names as in Latin, with the sound [w], because they clearly look like Latin words. However since plenty people whine against it I read them aloud with the sound [v].

        The “guess my native language” part is about the rest, disregarding the [w] vs. [v] thing. (It’s Portuguese.)