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Den in USA 2010-02-11 18:21
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by romanianusa (Post 521588)
They pronounce it "MY MOE" and i thought that's WRONG. It should be "MAY-MOE." AE is "A"....I thought they're Europeans..that's why they pronounce it wrong.
I have always pronounced it "May-moe" because I studied Latin for four years.

christexaport 2010-02-11 19:07
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
I did too, but officially, its MYmo.

RevdKathy 2010-02-11 19:24
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
I studied latin, greek, hebrew... I still pronounce it My Mo (short for My Maurice, I think though it could be My Maureen)

That seem to be the nearest to the diphthong intended, and give him a name as well.

javispedro 2010-02-11 21:44
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jesuscliment (Post 287259)
This might come a bit too late, but i can tell you how to pronunce "maemo". I came up with the name, so...
...
So now that the origin is clear, and me being Spanish and Finnish being pronounced almost exactly as Spanish...

"mah-Eh-mo"
mah as the beginning of my
eh as the "e" in "pet"
mo as in Monica, but only pronouncing the M and the O.
Word Of God. And I'm not going to listen to anyone telling me otherwise! ;)

zehjotkah 2010-02-11 21:51
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by javispedro (Post 521970)
Word Of God. And I'm not going to listen to anyone telling me otherwise! ;)
You forgot to mention, that he is the one, that invented the name "maemo"

jsa 2010-02-11 21:52
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by christexaport (Post 521698)
I did too, but officially, its MYmo.
Actually, that way you are pronouncing Maimo, not Maemo. Access already linked a clip in this thread in which he pronounced it the Finnish way. Spanish is very similar but the stress is in the middle of the word, not in the beginning.

This discussion is kind of funny though. One might think it would be easy to describe in words how something is supposed to sound but it's not. :)

If you pronounce it May-moe, you'd be right if the OS's name was Meimou, Mee-mo would be ok if the OS was Miimo and so on..

javispedro 2010-02-11 21:57
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
More fun: http://www.acapela-group.com/text-to...tive-demo.html .

I personally say it much like "Spanish - Maria" does, which is halfway between the Finnish and the male Spanish voice...(damn inaccurate TTS systems).

zehjotkah 2010-02-11 22:17
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by javispedro (Post 521986)
More fun: http://www.acapela-group.com/text-to...tive-demo.html .

I personally say it much like "Spanish - Maria" does, which is halfway between the Finnish and the male Spanish voice...(damn inaccurate TTS systems).
italian voices are okay, too...

fatalsaint 2010-02-11 22:28
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
I've always said "May-moe" myself.

After reading half this thread.. I still don't know if it's:

May-moe
Mah-moe
Mey-mah
My-moe

Or what... lol. For hells sake.. I'll just call it "M5". Unless you bastards got a problem with "emm" being the pronunciation of "M" :p.

mastac 2010-02-11 22:31
Re: Pronounce "Maemo"?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by fatalsaint (Post 522027)
I've always said "May-moe" myself.

After reading half this thread.. I still don't know if it's:

May-moe
Mah-moe
Mey-mah
My-moe

Or what... lol. For hells sake.. I'll just call it "M5". Unless you bastards got a problem with "emm" being the pronunciation of "M" :p.
I agree... and who really cares?


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