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Apparently as either "kur-uh" or the variant "kur-agk." I've always used the former when I imagine the word.
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What's "kur-agk" meant to signify? gk clusters are hopeless to pronounce syllable-finally.Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
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The way I used is similar to the second one: kur-AK.Originally posted by Catt
Apparently as either "kur-uh" or the variant "kur-agk." I've always used the former when I imagine the word.
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Re: So, how do you pronounce "Curragh"
I pronounce it like "hurrah", except with a "k" in front instead of an "h".Originally posted by Jaguar
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Re: Re: So, how do you pronounce "Curragh"
Originally posted by Kucinich
I pronounce it like "hurrah", except with a "k" in front instead of an "h".
Someone should start a poll on this critically important C3C issue.So if you meet me have some courtesy, have some sympathy and some taste
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Re: Re: Re: So, how do you pronounce "Curragh"
Done.Originally posted by Aqualung71
Someone should start a poll on this critically important C3C issue.
"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." -- JFK Inaugural, 1961
"Extremism in the defense of liberty is not a vice." -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 GOP Nomination acceptance speech (not George W. Bush 40 years later...)
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Ummmm....errrr.....yeh, right. I was joking.
So if you meet me have some courtesy, have some sympathy and some taste
Use all your well-learned politesse, or I'll lay your soul to waste
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A layman's version of a guttural "k."Originally posted by Last Conformist
What's "kur-agk" meant to signify? gk clusters are hopeless to pronounce syllable-finally.
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Kur-ah (with a hint of a gutteral sound at the end of the final sylable)Long-time poster on Apolyton and WePlayCiv
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Originally posted by Aqualung71
Ummmm....errrr.....yeh, right. I was joking.
"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." -- JFK Inaugural, 1961
"Extremism in the defense of liberty is not a vice." -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 GOP Nomination acceptance speech (not George W. Bush 40 years later...)
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What the heck is a guttural "k"? Guttural is used to describe pretty much any back sound - incl perfectly normal 'k's, like in "kill".Originally posted by Catt
A layman's version of a guttural "k."
Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
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Its kind of like the "ch" in German. Examples: Ich (I) and Achtung (attention).Originally posted by Last Conformist
What the heck is a guttural "k"? Guttural is used to describe pretty much any back sound - incl perfectly normal 'k's, like in "kill".
"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." -- JFK Inaugural, 1961
"Extremism in the defense of liberty is not a vice." -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 GOP Nomination acceptance speech (not George W. Bush 40 years later...)
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I know I'm a bit blind (and deaf), but I can't see any "ch" in "German" 
So if you meet me have some courtesy, have some sympathy and some taste
Use all your well-learned politesse, or I'll lay your soul to waste
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Originally posted by Aqualung71
I know I'm a bit blind (and deaf), but I can't see any "ch" in "German"
"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." -- JFK Inaugural, 1961
"Extremism in the defense of liberty is not a vice." -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 GOP Nomination acceptance speech (not George W. Bush 40 years later...)
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