> From: "Valentin Villenave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [...] > > A few days ago, I was wondering how the "LilyPond" name is supposed to > be pronounced, and I've just seen that Francisco has the same problem. > For example, do you guys pronounce the "i" as in "life" or as in > "kill"?
Since Lilypond is derived from two common english words, the sound file is less necessary, all you have to do is grab a dictionary... The phonetics for Lily in the Oxford dictionary is [lili], both "i" are just like the one in "kill", but I guess it could also be [lIli], the first "i" may be a little less open than regular "i", just as the "i" in "kill", "little" or "sh**" sometimes are. In any case, it is never [ai] nor [i:] (long "i" as in "sheet"). For us, speakers of latin languages, we must close the "i" (close the eye :-) a little bit, because our "i"s sound to english speakers a bit like [i:]. I'm also pretty sure that when I presented Lilypond to my english professor he pronounced it [lili]... He also commented for a long time what a charming name it was... Miguel Ramos, Lisboa _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
