THE HOW TO PRONOUNCE THREAD

Originally posted by Vladamir no1
Does anyone know how to correctly pronounce Benoni as in 'The Benoni Defence' ??

Originally posted by ivanhoe
Pronunciation: be-'nO-nE


http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=Benoni


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Try "Dzindzichashvilli"

Benoni is a Hebrew word meaning 'son of my sorrow' and the i should be pronounced as the word 'eye'. When saying the word the stress should be on the final syllable.

--->According to: http://www.answers.com/topic/benjamin

Edit: according to Wikipedia, this is the word that the Benoni defence comes from, not the previous link with pronunciation, which refers to the South African city with the same spelling.

Originally posted by rbmorris
Try "Dzindzichashvilli"

Originally posted by mosquitorespect
Benoni is a Hebrew word meaning 'son of my sorrow' and the i should be pronounced as the word 'eye'. When saying the word the stress should be on the final syllable.

--->According to: http://www.answers.com/topic/benjamin

Edit: according to Wikipedia, this is the word that the Benoni defence comes from, not the previous link with pronunciation, which refers to the South African city with the same spelling.

Try the pronunciation of "Vase"

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=vase&x=16&y=14

Originally posted by ivanhoe
Try the pronunciation of "Vase"

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=vase&x=16&y=14

Originally posted by ivanhoe
If chessplayers pronounce "Benoni" you always here the pronunciation given by the link I provided. I often listen to Chess.fm radio, sooooo ........... I do not contest however your explanation of the "Son of Sorrow" opening. That is correct.

Originally posted by mosquitorespect
You do have a good point there obviously. I don't necessarily disagree but I think there is a case for pronouncing words like this one with the historical pronunciation, even if it means changing the way people have been pronouncing it. For example, I listen to BBC R3 and they often pronounce composers' names exactly as they would in their country of birth. And I like it 🙂

How does one pronounce "Wednesday" .... How do YOU pronounce it ?

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=Wednesday&x=21&y=22

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Khaki......Apart from the proper way of pronouncing it [like the English people do in Britain] how else can it be pronounced?
kakky???

Originally posted by ivanhoe
Pronunciation: be-'nO-nE


http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=Benoni


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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Khaki......Apart from the proper way of pronouncing it [like the English people do in Britain] how else can it be pronounced?
kakky???

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
This was a serious question; how do Americans pronounce Khaki??