I feel a bit of a pillock, but I can't for the life of me work out how to pronounce Angua. Thanks all.

ang-(to rhyme with hang)-you-ah is how I've always assumed it.

I remember that discussion from... somewhere else, and there seem to be varying opinions on it. I've heard it spelled like jarmara would (or at least I think so), on the other side, considering she is a von Überwald, it might be spelled like I would - kind of Germanic.* A matter of opinion, I guess.

*Let me try... "Ang-" like an English speaking person would spell the "ung" in "Hungary", and then, with the stretch on the second syllable, "wa" (als English w). (Any idea what I mean?)

I never worry too much about the sounds of Discworld names, just pronounce them however my head feels like doing it the first time I read it, and stick to that mostly.

I pronounce all the letters in Angua - like ann goowa, only not so much goo.

[quote:c3b709737a="Maljonic"]I never worry too much about the sounds of Discworld names, just pronounce them however my head feels like doing it the first time I read it, and stick to that mostly.

I pronounce all the letters in Angua - like ann goowa, only not so much goo. [/quote:c3b709737a]

I pronounce it like that too. Many names I read are best left unsaid, they sound much better inside my head.

[quote:9860fa2a60="jarmara"]ang-(to rhyme with hang)-you-ah is how I've always assumed it.[/quote:9860fa2a60]

I believe that Pratchett actually said that is the correct way. However, in my head I always say "Ang-wa" is in "anguish".

[quote:18ac4ce438="Marcia"][quote:18ac4ce438="jarmara"]ang-(to rhyme with hang)-you-ah is how I've always assumed it.[/quote:18ac4ce438]

I believe that Pratchett actually said that is the correct way. However, in my head I always say "Ang-wa" is in "anguish".[/quote:18ac4ce438]
Yes, he clarified it. I think there's a difference between how u sounds are treated in American and British English. It is ANG-gyoo-ah.

I've imagined a mix of the two above suggestions, first [i:d30b5b4055]ang[/i:d30b5b4055] as in [i:d30b5b4055]hang[/i:d30b5b4055], then [i:d30b5b4055]gua[/i:d30b5b4055] with a hard [i:d30b5b4055]g[/i:d30b5b4055]. So:

[aŋ.gua]

Edit: Buzzy was quicker'n me. I think we're both imagining roughly the same pronounciation.

Edit again: Sloppy capitalization and formatting.

I think most people can't read phonemes, KK, but that is the correct sound.

Interesting. I saw the IPA all the time in school from the fourth grade and upwards, mostly in our english books.

The only people I've met who've been familiar with them already have been Scandinavian, Dutch or Japanese. But most people have only seen them in dictionaries.

Hm. We learnt them too, from grade 5; I don't remember each of them by heart, but well enough to find them very helpful. So, if I ask for a pronounciation, throw them at me!

I say it Angua. [i:2ccb5e68f9]Obviously[/i:2ccb5e68f9].

Pft. Your Angua's not the same as my Angua. Obviously. Besides that, after what you have tought us about Gaelic pronounciation (sp?), who knows how you spell it. :p

[quote:d320e83786="Angua_rox"]I say it Angua. [i:d320e83786]Obviously[/i:d320e83786].[/quote:d320e83786]

[quote:d320e83786="Hsing"]Pft. Your Angua's not the same as my Angua. Obviously. Besides that, after what you have tought us about Gaelic pronounciation (sp?), who knows how [i:d320e83786]you [/i:d320e83786]spell it. :p[/quote:d320e83786]

Just to add to the confusion here people, the northeast of england has had many invasions over the centuries, Scots, Norsemen, Danes, Vandals etc. and they have all left their influence on our dialects.
I actually pronounce it as Angua.