How do you say Plössl?

[Polmear]

Is it Plossl with o as in pot
or ur as in hurt
or oa as in boat
Or something uniquely Austrian?

[Octane]

I'd say you're on the money with the "ur" as in "hurt".

H

[ballaratdragons]

I say o as in pot :)

but according to this pronunciation link it is pronounced Plessl.

Hit the little arrow to hear it pronounced in Austrian: http://www.forvo.com/word/georg_simon_pl%C3%B6ssl/

[erick]

"Your say Plossl and I say Plossl,
You say Canopus and I say Canopus,
Let's call the starcamp off..............................!" :whistle:

[adman]

I'm not sure of the origin of the word - but in German you pronounce an 'O' with an umlaut (the two little dots above the o) as 'ur' as in hurt, but not as long

[jakob]

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[qld]

fossil witha 'P'

[Brian W]

I'm a Canuck you're an Aussie... we will never say it the same way!
Brian

[Polmear]

:)

Thanks everyone - I thought so.

Tim

[ballaratdragons]

and if you are American you would pronounce it as: Plarsel :P

[BrisGreg]

@eric:lol::lol::lol::lol:

[erick]

But this is a great question. Given that IIS doesn't talk to me, I form the sounds of lots of astronomical terms in my mind. I bet I have many "wrong" - star names, constellations, equipment etc. :D

There are some guides:-

http://www.astronomyclub.org/learn/Say_What.htm

http://www.wsanford.com/~wsanford/exo/pronunciation_guide.html (http://www.wsanford.com/%7Ewsanford/exo/pronunciation_guide.html)

But, will we all agree? Wikipedia says:-

"The English pronunciation of the name Pleiades depends on the speaker.

US: /ˈpliː.ədiːz/ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English) plee-ə-deez (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pronunciation_respelling_ key) or sometimes /ˈpleɪ.ədiːz/ play-ə-deez (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pronunciation_respelling_ key)
UK: /ˈplaɪ.ədiːz/ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English) ply-ə-deez (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pronunciation_respelling_ key)
Canadian English: /ˈpleɪ.ədiːz/ play-ə-deez (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pronunciation_respelling_ key)" :shrug:

[Brian W]

You raise a very valid point. Just how do we define ourselves as a group. Dialects and accent are crucial in defining social groups. But our social group is web based so our rules are somewhat different.

My wife is currently teaching a course at a doctoral level about how the web has affected people movements and it is a most interesting subject.
Brian

[midnight]

And when they pronounce solder as "sahdar" - you gotta laugh :P

[Suzy]

I'ts playdees to me. :whistle:

This is why one should do astro viewing with people that don't know anything about astronomy- one will look intelligent no mater what is said.:lol:

And how about that constellation Ophicus ophicusssus, ophica %$#@
forget it.:mad2: It stays Ophicus to me.:P

[astroron]

Most people think you are swaering when you say Ophiuchus:lol::screwy:
I am an Ophiucan:thumbsup:
Cheers

[erick]

Sounds sorta like like "Awful Kiss"? :D

[ballaratdragons]

Considering that the general public wouldn't have have a clue what we are talking about anyway I suppose it doesn't matter how we pronounce Astro names and terms.

I've heard some funny ones when we get together at Camp :lol:

Alder-Bran, Al-Dabberin, Alder-Barren, Orl-de-bran, and that's just for 1 star!

:P

then there is An-tar-eez, Ant-air-eez, ant-ar-ess, Ant-air-ess etc :lol:

No matter who writes a list, that list will be in that countries accent.
I'd love to see an Australian Pronunciation list ;)

[yusufcam]

that reminds me of years ago when working a stint in construction in the US.

whenever material orders were made in the company i was with, the bean counters would get miffed (and we'd get a laugh) as they could never cut the cost of the electricians orders because none of them knew what the things were that they were ordering.

anyway, i always thought plossl was like collosal :rolleyes:.

[AstroJunk]

Go with the Japaneese: Subaru. Much easier :thumbsup:

[ballaratdragons]

Now, how would you like that pronounced?

Soo-Bar-Roo, Soo-Boo-Roo, Sub-oo-Roo, Soo-Broo, Sooo-Barrr-roo, Sooba-Ru

:P

Just call it 'Seven Sisters'. Anyone can say that :lol:

[OneOfOne]

I guess a lot of pronunciation becomes local to the area you grew up, the country you live in, where you are when you say it....

I pronounce Uranus as you-rarn-oos, mainly because it has less quips, than the more usual pronunciation.

But I always say that if you are in Australia, the capital of France is Paris, but the "propper pronunciation" is really par-ree with a rolling of the r's in the middle...however, now I am older, I can't roll my r's like I used to :)

[steve000]

P as in perh
loss

l as in lllll

p loss l i guess

[ballaratdragons]

I say Yoo-r'ness

but the ness isn't pronounced as in 'mess' but as in 'goodness' :thumbsup:

[Polmear]

I kinda like 'Ouranos', but only when I'm feeling classical.