5 ms·

I can't be the only person wondering: how do you pronounce it? Kay-you/Say-you? Kyuh/Syuh?

by biot 11y ago

deleted 11y ago
[deleted]
deleted 11y ago
[deleted]
andlima 11y ago
Assuming it's céu as in the Portuguese word for sky, it's pronounced as /sɛw/ (in Brazilian Portuguese, at least). It sounds similar to "sell", only ending in /w/ rather than /l/. http://pt.tfd.com/c%C3%A9u http://pt.tfd.com/c%C3%A9u
- personlurking 11y ago
  The recording in the dictionary link is a bit harsh/off. Here are some native Portuguese speakers saying it http://www.forvo.com/word/c%C3%A9u/ http://www.forvo.com/word/c%C3%A9u/
c4n4rd 11y ago
Ceu (Portuguese) means Sky in English. I think it is a take on Lua (the scripting language) which means moon. The pronunciation is like 'Seoul' (South Korean Capital), with the 'e' pronuonced slightly more open as in egg.
- kyllo 11y ago
  Which pronunciation of Seoul is it like? The way Koreans pronounce it? The way Americans pronounce it? The way Europeans pronounce it? I'm confused because Seoul doesn't have an 'e' sound in it at all, in Korean.
  - agumonkey 11y ago
    Is the 'e' skipped [soul] ? almost silent [s_oul] ? or a transition like [s~woul] ? ps: forgot about https://translate.google.com/#en/ko/seoul https://translate.google.com/#en/ko/seoul, according to them it's not entirely silent.
    - kyllo 11y ago
      어 (transliterated as either "eo" or "uh") is a vowel that I would describe as like the "u" sound in the word "fun" but with the mouth open a bit wider. It's nothing like any of the sounds an "e" can represent in English. Europeans tend to pronounce it "See-OOL" which is just completely wrong.
      - devonkim 11y ago
        It's a bit longer, always morphemic version of a schwa I believe.
    - deleted 11y ago
      [deleted]
    - kyllo 11y ago
      In International Phonetic Alphabet it's [sʰʌ.ul]. The vowel ʌ is described as "between pearl and pull, with spread lips"
- findjashua 11y ago
  I thought Seoul was pronounced as 'soul'
- agumonkey 11y ago
  A tiny reboot of Oracle:Sun VS IBM:Eclipse.

I can't be the only person wondering: how do you pronounce it? Kay-you/Say-you? Kyuh/Syuh?

by biot 11y ago

I can't be the only person wondering: how do you pronounce it? Kay-you/Say-you? Kyuh/Syuh?

deleted 11y ago

[deleted]

deleted 11y ago

[deleted]

andlima 11y ago

Assuming it's céu as in the Portuguese word for sky, it's pronounced as /sɛw/ (in Brazilian Portuguese, at least). It sounds similar to "sell", only ending in /w/ rather than /l/. http://pt.tfd.com/c%C3%A9u http://pt.tfd.com/c%C3%A9u

personlurking 11y ago
The recording in the dictionary link is a bit harsh/off. Here are some native Portuguese speakers saying it http://www.forvo.com/word/c%C3%A9u/ http://www.forvo.com/word/c%C3%A9u/

c4n4rd 11y ago

Ceu (Portuguese) means Sky in English. I think it is a take on Lua (the scripting language) which means moon. The pronunciation is like 'Seoul' (South Korean Capital), with the 'e' pronuonced slightly more open as in egg.

kyllo 11y ago
Which pronunciation of Seoul is it like? The way Koreans pronounce it? The way Americans pronounce it? The way Europeans pronounce it? I'm confused because Seoul doesn't have an 'e' sound in it at all, in Korean.
- agumonkey 11y ago
  Is the 'e' skipped [soul] ? almost silent [s_oul] ? or a transition like [s~woul] ? ps: forgot about https://translate.google.com/#en/ko/seoul https://translate.google.com/#en/ko/seoul, according to them it's not entirely silent.
  - kyllo 11y ago
    어 (transliterated as either "eo" or "uh") is a vowel that I would describe as like the "u" sound in the word "fun" but with the mouth open a bit wider. It's nothing like any of the sounds an "e" can represent in English. Europeans tend to pronounce it "See-OOL" which is just completely wrong.
    - devonkim 11y ago
      It's a bit longer, always morphemic version of a schwa I believe.
  - deleted 11y ago
    [deleted]
  - kyllo 11y ago
    In International Phonetic Alphabet it's [sʰʌ.ul]. The vowel ʌ is described as "between pearl and pull, with spread lips"
findjashua 11y ago
I thought Seoul was pronounced as 'soul'
agumonkey 11y ago
A tiny reboot of Oracle:Sun VS IBM:Eclipse.