No need to repeat; I didn't do more than skim it the first time . . . --J
On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 6:04 PM, tschibasch <tschibasch_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> I am sorry that my moniker looks so difficult to pronounce. At first
> glance, I can see that. However, the following explanation might
> help:
>
> This is a Romany word, and it was taken from the "Language of the
> Gypsies". Here is how to pronounce it:
>
> Think of the first phoneme in the word "CHeese". As we know, English
> speakers would normally write this as "ch". Germans would write it
> as "tsch". And the French would write it as... well hold on, the
> French are not going to be able write anything with both hands up in
> the air!
>
> Moving on...
>
> Think of the last phoneme in the word "baSH". The Germans would
> write this as "sch".
>
> Aha!
>
> So, we now know that "tschibasch" is a German spelling of a Romany
> word that an English would spell as "chibash".
>
> We would say "CH EE B AH SH". Note the stress is on the final "AH";
> Romany almost always stresses the last syllable. Thus, the way to
> say their language would be "romanEE".
>
> John
>
> P.S. If anyone would like a lesson in this language, please let me
> know. The truth is that I am finding very little demand for Romany
> out there. I could use the business right now, as these are trying
> times...
>
> --- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com<OliveStarlightOrchestra%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "Joy McCann"
> <joy.mccann_at_...> wrote:
> >
> >.
> > Something unpronouncable = John T. (financial analyst, linguist;
> gossip);
> >
> >.
>
>
>
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