17 April 2010

How not to pronounce Eyjafjallajökull

And now I can enlighten you!

Hear some hilarious attempts, and then the correct pronunciation from an Icelander at
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/16/iceland-volcano-spews-consonants-and-vowels/

Easy isn't it! ...?

Also visit a collection of mispronunciations by news reporters at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jq-sMZtSww

26th April

In the last few days, attempting the pronunciation seems to have become a new form of entertainment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oIx1kX9skw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uCKSYTH-4o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsDUrFAwOt8

A lesson in how to pronounce it... but it's WRONG!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q3YVkm8YJM

Another lesson that gets it wrong, but there's help from an Icelandic singer to put you right
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEEXY6HrQ6Y

Two more ways to pronounce it incorrectly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw711B3UMpU&NR=1

Yet two more ways
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAyEGvALmQs

and this guy doesn't even try!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i1nlk0Dqdk

but Human Bobble Head has more success
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz7YIxL-D-U&NR=1

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