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15th September 15, 05:11 PM
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pronunciation, please
I have just started to read a history of the Hallstatt and La Tene cultures.
Could someone please tell me the proper pronunciation for "La Tene"
Is it La Ten, La Teen, La Tenay or possibly La Teeny or none of these.
I have known about this culture for years but have never heard it pronounced.
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15th September 15, 08:02 PM
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According to Bing, it`s something like "luh ten." So I`ve been pronouncing it wrong in my head for some time. (La Teen)
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15th September 15, 09:16 PM
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In my anthropology classes we pronounced it La-Ten with the emphasis on the La and a hard "T" sound.
This is also how it is pronounced in the Swiss Town for which it got its name.
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16th September 15, 02:01 AM
#4
Originally Posted by Steve Ashton
In my anthropology classes we pronounced it La-Ten with the emphasis on the La and a hard "T" sound.
This is also how it is pronounced in the Swiss Town for which it got its name.
The emphasis must be on the "tene" since "la" is just the definite article.
Alan
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16th September 15, 10:52 AM
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Yea, I know how it should be pronounced. That is why I pointed out that in common verbal usage the emphasis was on the La.
All the locals pronounced it that way.
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23rd September 15, 05:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Steve Ashton
Yea, I know how it should be pronounced. That is why I pointed out that in common verbal usage the emphasis was on the La.
All the locals pronounced it that way.
Two "aye"s for emphasizing the unexpected truth. For example,
1. Cairo in Egypt is ki'-row, in Illinois is ka'-row;
2. the noun Quixote is kee-hoe'-tay but the adjective quixotic is kwix-ah'-tik.
The English language, wherever spoken, is indeed marvelous.
"No man is genuinely happy, married, who has to drink worse whiskey than he used to drink when he was single." ---- H. L. Mencken
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23rd September 15, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Ian.MacAllan
Two "aye"s for emphasizing the unexpected truth. For example,
1. Cairo in Egypt is ki'-row, in Illinois is ka'-row;
2. the noun Quixote is kee-hoe'-tay but the adjective quixotic is kwix-ah'-tik.
The English language, wherever spoken, is indeed marvelous.
That must be why I get strange looks when I say "kee-hoe-tic".
And yes, one more vote here for "la Ten".
(Source: My dad was Indiana Jones. Well, maybe not exactly, but he was an archaeologist)
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