Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names: Pronunciations for more than 28,000 Proper Names, Selected for Currency, Frequency, or Difficulty of Pronunciation

1144 Pages·1998·91.068 MB·English

by  John K. Bollard (editor), Frank R. Abate, Katherine M. Isaacs, Rima McKinzey

2nd EDITION
Pronouncing
Dictionary
Proper Names
of
Pronunciations
for
more than 28,000
Proper Names,
Selected for
Currency, Frequency,
or Difficulty
ofPronunciation
John K. Bollard
Editor
Simplifiedd PPrroonnyii|mic£liaattiion SymTOir' ^' Jf
(See the Introduction
Symbol Example
aA FAD, ASK fad, ask
aA FAD fade
ah AH BAH-thuhr, KAHT; bother, cot;
FAH-thuhr, AHSK father, ask
aw AW KAWT, LAW caught, law
bB BID bid
chCH CHIP chip
dD DID did
cE FED fed
eE BED bead
f F HT fit
gG GET get
gG ah-ME-go Span, amlgo (Anglicizedalternative g)
hH HED head
hi HL hlah-NEHL-e Welsh UaneMi (Anglicizedalternative 1 or thl)
hwHW HWET. HWICH whet, which
il BID bid
ll Bl, RiD, Ll buy, ride, lie
JJ JET iet
kK KIK, KUK kick, cook
khKH BAHKH, IKH, LAHKH Ger. Bach, ich, Scottish loch.
IL LEG, MID-1 leg, middje
m M MEN men
nN NET KIT-n net, kitten
ng NG RING, RINGK ring, rink
06 KOT coat
oiOI BOI, KOIN boy, coin
00 00 MOOD mood
owOW OWT, NOW out, now
pP
PIN, LIP £in, lie
r R RED, KAHRD red, card
sS SIT sit
tT TO, SIT-ing toe, sitting
thTH THIN thin
thTH THIS this
uU GUD, PUT, PUR good, put, poor
ueUE RUE, FUE-luhn; Fr. rue, Ger. fuhlen;
FUEL-uhn Ger. fullen
uhUH buh-NAN-uh, BUHD banana, bud
uhr UHR BET-uhr, BUHRD better, bjrd
uh(r) UH(R) BUHCR)F, Anglicization ofFt. boeuf, Ger. Holle.
HUH(R)L-uh
FUH(R), Anglicization o/Fr. feu, Ger. Hohle.
HUH(R)-Iuh
vV VET yet
vV ahv-LAHR Span, hablar (Anglicizedalternative h orv)
wW
WET, WICH wet, witch
yY YES yes
zZ ZIP zip
zhZH MEZH-uhr measure
International Phonetic Alphabet Symbols
IPA IPA
Symbol Example as in Symbol Example as in
English Consonants English Vowels
b 'bid bid 9 ba'nasna, 'bad banana, bud
d 'did did sr 'bard, 'batar bird, butter
d3 'dset let £ 'faed, 'aesk fad, ask
6 'dis this a 'badar, 'kat, 'fadaf bother, cot, father
f 'fit fit a: 'fa:6ar, 'a:sk father, ask
ghhw '''ghheewtdet gwheheteatd aaiu ''bbaaiu,,''rnaaidu bbuoyu,ghr,|dneow
yes e 'fed fed
Jk ''jkees:k cake e: 'fe:d fade
11 ''lmeigdj lmeigddle ii: ''bbii:dd bbiedad
m 'men men o: 'ko:t coat
m 'oiprn open (some d: 'kD:t, 'Id: caught, law
pronunciations) Di 'bai, 'kDin boy, co[n
n 'net net u 'gud, 'put, pu^ good, put, poor
n 'kitn kitten u: 'mu:d, 'mju:zik mood, music
'rir), 'rir)k ring, rink Non-EngHsh Vowels
P 'pin pin
r 'red, 'meri' red, merry oe 'hoela, boef German Holle,
r (raised 'kafd (= 'kard, card French boeuf
r) 'ka:d) oe: 'hoe:l3, foe: German Hohle,
s 'sit sit French feu
show
J •Jo: y 'fylan German fullen
t 'to:, 'to:t toe, tote y* 'fy:l3n, ry: German fuhlen.
t 'sitir), 'hi:t3d sitting, heated French rue
(most U. S.
pronunciations) Non-English Consonants
'tJip ^ chip ap'lar Spanish hablar
e •eigk^^ think
V 'vet#^^ yet 9 'i? German ich
w wet Y a'mi:yo: Spanish amigo
'tjesla:f Polish Czesfaw
V^^^,':^be:'3.:^^ fv~ision, beige J1^ I'adi':njeiii- WFreelnschhLdliangenleli
^% I 'randa Welsh Rhondda
X 'lax, 'bax Scottish loch,
German Bach
Iqi: French lul
'^<.€f^ C 'Cxu |Kung (an
^. -i'/S.'^. implosive click)
i 'ihoisa: Xhosa (an
implosive click)
in^ji%tics used in IPA transcriptions
IPA
Symbol Example Explanation
1 'spal appme primary stress
'aep9l|So:s applesauce secondary stress
1
: 'ni:t neat an augmented vowel
' 'haspi' happy variation between simple and augmented
vowels
~ b5 French bon nasalization ofa vowel
'sitir), 'hi:i9d sitting, heated voicing ofa usually unvoiced consonant
ia'neii- Welsh UaneMI the voiceless equivalent of a voiced
consonant
'kitn kitten a syllabic consonant
1
ma'Ulda Russian Mathilde a palatalized consonant
J

Pronouncing Dictionary
of
Proper Names

Pronouncing Dictionary
of
Proper Names
Pronunciations for more than 28,000 Proper Names,
Selected for Currency, Frequency, or Difficulty of Pronunciation
Including Place Names; Given Names; Names ofFamous
Individuals; Cultural, Literary, Historical, and Biblical Names;
Mythological Names; Names ofPeoples and Tribes; Company
Names and Product Names; with Pronunciations Transcribed into
the International Phonetic Alphabet and a Simplified Phonetic
Respelling; and Including an Explanatory Introduction
Editor:
John K. Bollard
Associate Editors:
Frank R. Abate
Katherine M. Isaacs
Rima McKinzev
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Pronouncingdictionaryofpropernames : pronunciationsformorethan28,000propernames,selectedfor
currency,frequency,ordifficultyofpronunciation/editedbyJohnK.Bollard: associateeditors,FrankR.
Abate,KatherineM.IsaacsandRimaMcKinzey.
p. cm.
"Includingplacenames; givennames;namesoffamousindividuals;cultural,literary,historical and
Biblical names;mythological names;namesofpeoplesandtribes;companynamesandproductnames;with
pronunciationstranscribedintotheInternational PhoneticAlphabetandasimplifiedphoneticrespellingand
includinganexplanatory introduction."
ISBN0-7808-0098-2 (lib. bdg. : alk.paper)
I.Englishlanguage—Pronunciation—Dictionaries. 2.Names—Pronunciation. I.Bollard,JohnK.
II.Abate,FrankR. III.Isaacs,KatherineM. IV.McKinzey,Rima.
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Contents
Preface vii
Introduction ix
Selection Criteria
Categories of Names Covered
Cross References and Variant Spellings
Entry Identifications
Variant Pronunciations
Two Pronunciation Systems
Simplified Pronunciation System
Simplified Pronunciation Symbols
Pronunciations in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
Vowels in IPA Transcriptions
Consonants in IPA Transcriptions
Diacritics Used in IPA Transcriptions
Abbreviations xxxiii
Tables of Pronunciation Symbols xxxiv
Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names 1-1097