Altered Maps VI: Xorda Gene Bombs.. going from Earth to Mobius

[warpus]

(Ma)(ce)(don)(i)(a)
"Ma" from maths
"ce" like in "said"
"don" rhymes with "own"
"i" is a very short sound
"a" should be obvious

Man, I don't get it at all. Can you send me a .wav file of you saying that or something? I just can't figure out how nia isn't one syllable, unless you're pronouncing it in a way that in my head sounds way too silly to be right

And to stay on topic here's a map of european high-speed rail. probably posted before? i'm not sure

 

[Graceheart the Leopard]

(Ma)(ce)(don)(i)(a)
"Ma" from maths
"ce" like in "said"
"don" rhymes with "own"
"i" is a very short sound
"a" should be obvious

(Gh)(o)(ti)

"Gh" like in "tough"
"o" like in "women"
"ti" like in "education"

Sorry to derail the thread, it was just too much a temptation.

 

[say1988]

Man, I don't get it at all. Can you send me a .wav file of you saying that or something? I just can't figure out how nia isn't one syllable, unless you're pronouncing it in a way that in my head sounds way too silly to be right

knee - uh

Do you pronounce India as 2 syllables?

 

[warpus]

knee - uh

Do you pronounce India as 2 syllables?

Yes. At least I think I do

I am way confused here. Granted, I learned about syllables in Polish, so maybe they're all messed up in English or something.. or the other way around

 

[choxorn]

Florida, I pronounce with 2 syllables, so I went with that, but know plenty of people that pronounce the "i" making it three.

How the hell does Flor-i-da have two syllables?

Capital cities:

Erm... You pointed out that Montgomery had either 3 or 4 syllables, then colored Mississippi accordingly. It's the capital of Alabama, Mississippi's capital is Jackson, which has 2 syllables. Also, Charleston arguably has 2, Springfield arguably has 3, and Montpelier arguably has 3, depending on how many syllables you give to the letters around l's and r's. And Olympia certainly has 4, not 3.

 

[say1988]

How the hell does Flor-i-da have two syllables?

Flor-da. The most common way I hear or say it, but a pronounced i isn't exactly uncommon.

Montgomery/Jackson: stupid mistake, just plain stupid.
Charleston and Springfield: I have never heard them pronounced as such, nor do I even see how you would do so.
Montpelier: Never even heard of that city before today, though I do see the different number of syllables.
Olympia: stupid mistake, must have used either Seattle or Washington

The ones I pointed out were either ones I hear both for fairly regularly (Fredericton and Florida) or had no idea, because what Canadian talks about Montgomery Alabama?

 

[choxorn]

Charleston and Springfield: I have never heard them pronounced as such, nor do I even see how you would do so.

Charleston: Charle-ston (Yes, I agree it's stupid, and charle is 2 syllables, but some people are stupid)
Springfield: Spring-fi-eld (Kind if like whether Ireland is I-re-land or Ire-land)

 

[say1988]

I can't see "charle" pronounced with 2 syllables. I updated all but those two.

 

[PiMan]

Man, I don't get it at all. Can you send me a .wav file of you saying that or something? I just can't figure out how nia isn't one syllable, unless you're pronouncing it in a way that in my head sounds way too silly to be right

Here we are. Macedonia and India.
If you can't open ogg files with any program you currently have, you can download VLC Media Player.

 

[cardgame]

field does not have 2 syllables? fee eld?

"charles" has one. You don't meet your friend, charles, and say "hi, char lez" (or however you could possibly pronounce charles as two syllables).

also @ PiMan, good point about India. I say that as three... but Macedonia is still only four to me. Idk, maybe just because it's so long?

 

[say1988]

"charles" has one. "ton" also has one.

I can see two ways of breaking the word up:
char-le-ston
or char-les-ton

I can't see a way to pronounce "charle" as monosyllabic.

 

[TheLastOne36]

Man, I don't get it at all. Can you send me a .wav file of you saying that or something? I just can't figure out how nia isn't one syllable, unless you're pronouncing it in a way that in my head sounds way too silly to be right

And to stay on topic here's a map of european high-speed rail. probably posted before? i'm not sure

I thought we were doing massie upgrades to our trains for the EURO no?

 

[mangxema]

I can't see a way to pronounce "charle" as monosyllabic.

Well, Charles (said more like 'charlz') is a monosyllabic English name, and Charleston is a contraction of "Charles' Town" so... yeah.

EDIT: Also... more '-ia' words in the attached file below. First sentence in the second paragraph of 'Republic of Macedonia.'

 

[sophie]

Here's California's:

I really hope this actually gets built...
(BTW, I used to live right between the San Jose and Gilroy stops.)

All of the US too:

 

[say1988]

Well, Charles (said more like 'charlz') is a monosyllabic English name

Not that I have ever heard.
Char-les.

 

[mangxema]

That I've never heard. Where are you from?

 

[say1988]

Ontario.
That isn't indicative of the pronunciation, just the separation of the syllables.
It is more pronounced Char-ulz. See attachment (made on an old, almost dead, MP3 player, but should be good enough).

The only way I see to get close to one syllable would be French, but that is clearly not what you are getting at, due to the "z" sound at the end.

View attachment MIC-002.zip

 

[mangxema]

Okay, now that you've spelled it out (well... I think you know what I mean) I see what you're saying. Admittedly 'Charles' here is a long and meandering syllable, but it lacks the definition of a Steven for example. I suspect if you said it more quickly it would be similar to what I'm referring to.

 

[warpus]

@piman i can't believe you actually made that that's awesome. i will check it out tomorrow morning

 

[Mathalamus]

Spoiler :

where do you make this map?