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Dmitri
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Date Posted: 09:15:58 08/16/09 Sun
In reply to:
ralph058
's message, "Re: How do you pronounce" on 03:15:34 08/16/09 Sun
>Not that I would want to get in trouble for passing
>off bad Czech, but think about the pronunciation of
>the 'ch' sound in German. It sounds like a 'k' to
>untrained ears, but to those familiar with it is
>something like 'sh' a bit more back in the throat.
>From some Czech authors and composers, and the use in
>the text I would say that the 'sh' sound is made in a
>way to sound like 's' to the Yuper
Well, I'm originally a "Loper" (Michagan's lower peninsula) and to ears trained there, the pronunciation Stan and Dana gave their surname sounded like Klah-deck to me. They could be saying that back of the throat "sh" and I'm not hearing it. I know I don't hear and can't pronounce a lot of French and German phonemes. Some web research ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Chladek )(and other sites) indicates the name orginally was Chládková (in the old country) as it turns out, and I'd guess they simplified it after moving to the US in 1968. I've talked to Stan and Dana several times at kayaking events. I'm still regrowing an ear after last talking to Stan maybe 10 years ago.
Dmitri
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