How do you say Plössl?

[Polmear (Tim)]

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

[Octane (Humayun)]

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

H

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

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 (Eric)]

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

[adman (Adam)]

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]

Originally Posted by 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

[qld]

Originally Posted by 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

fossil witha 'P'

[Brian W (Brian)]

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

[Polmear (Tim)]

Originally Posted by erick

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

Thanks everyone - I thought so.

Tim

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

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

[BrisGreg (Greg)]

@eric

[erick (Eric)]

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.

There are some guides:-

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

http://www.wsanford.com/~wsanford/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/ plee-ə-deez or sometimes /ˈpleɪ.ədiːz/ play-ə-deez
• UK: /ˈplaɪ.ədiːz/ ply-ə-deez
• Canadian English: /ˈpleɪ.ədiːz/ play-ə-deez"

[Brian W (Brian)]

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 (Darrin)]

Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

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

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

[Suzy]

I'ts playdees to me.

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.

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

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by Suzy

I'ts playdees to me.

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.

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

Most people think you are swaering when you say Ophiuchus
I am an Ophiucan
Cheers

[erick (Eric)]

Originally Posted by Suzy

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

Sounds sorta like like "Awful Kiss"?

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

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

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



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

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

[yusufcam (Colin)]

Originally Posted by Suzy

I'ts playdees to me.

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.

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 .

[AstroJunk (Jonathan)]

Originally Posted by erick

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

• US: /ˈpliː.ədiːz/ plee-ə-deez or sometimes /ˈpleɪ.ədiːz/ play-ə-deez
• UK: /ˈplaɪ.ədiːz/ ply-ə-deez
• Canadian English: /ˈpleɪ.ədiːz/ play-ə-deez"

Go with the Japaneese: Subaru. Much easier