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jsgilbert

You guys will owe me big for turning you onto this site.

www.forvo.com

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Lizden · Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 2:00 pm Post subject:

We owe Moe first Wink

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Deirdre · Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 2:29 pm Post subject:

I do English and Hawaiian pronunciations there from time to time.
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jsgilbert · Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 2:53 pm Post subject:

Yes you do. Wow, and here I thought this was all brand new news. That's the interweb for you.

It promises to be a handy site. It looks like it's kind of got a wikipedia mindset where you can volunteer put in pronunciations of words you know or you could do mispronunciations to screw everyone up.

It is a handy little site though.
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Moe Egan · Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 4:51 pm Post subject:

JS- Ya gotta hang out here more often man. Weez da beez kneez.

Sorry, I have no idea where that last sentence came from. Ninja

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Bruce · Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 5:26 am Post subject:

I've been using Forvo for some time now but I'm getting about a 20% success rate at finding what I need. You can submit a query for words they don't have, but it can take several days to never to get an answer.

I also try pronouncenames.com but they're a little short on obscure people and places too.

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Donna · Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 5:54 am Post subject:

Still, it's a good thing to have this thread show up from time to time, yes?

Thanks all around!
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Don G. · King's Row Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 1071 Location: MA

I get a little frustrated with a lot of those sites. It seems the word (or name) I'm looking for is rarely to be found. One thing I decided to try and which has worked – especially for proper names is a search on YouTube. I'll go there and enter a search for "_____ _____ interview".

If I get lucky, I'll find a clip with the person being interviewed and often it's the person himself talking to the camera and saying his name. If the host says the interviewee's name, I tend to assume that they've discussed the pronunciation before cameras roll. Either way, at least I'm a step ahead of where I was before I searched.

voicy1stef · Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 12:34 pm Post subject:

Thanks JS, and Moe too -- good reminder

Thanks Don for the YouTube tip. I often find myself going there when I need to know how a new piece of kit works. There's often somebody there who's done some kind of tutorial on it.

cheers all... Sarcastic

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COURVO · Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 11:32 pm Post subject:

Naturally, CourVO would use Forvo.

I blogged about Forvo and other word pronunciation sites HERE.

Thanks for the reminder JS!

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ConnieTerwilliger · Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 9:37 am Post subject:

I've had clients send me YouTube interview links for pronunciation tips.
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