Tuesday, February 2, 2010

How to pronounce your favorite director's name

You can say it like Pay-dro Al-Moe-doh-bar and it would be fine, but to get the correct sounds the syllables are the same but it's a bit more difficult.

This will be weird, so i hope you can follow me.

Pe (Like Penn minus the nn) -dr (like drop without the op) o (like oh but without the u sound at the end)

Al (like Ahh then an L sound like leech but just the L sound) -mo (like moe but without the last u sound) -do (like door without the r sound) -ba (like scuba but just the ba sound at the end) r (just a medium arr sound)

This may be too confusing, so I apologize beforehand.

Really the best way would be to record an mp3 and share it here. If you get all the names of the directors from Spain, México or any Latin-American country you are interested in I could do it, but I would wish to do this in one sitting and not have to record a new file every time a new name comes up. So make a substantial list and I will do it.

Some ideas:
Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu
Guillermo Del Toro
Alfonso Cuaron
Buñuel
Almodovar
Alejandro Jodorowsky (though his last name is not of Spanish origin, thus i would only tell you how he is called in Latin America)

Just remember that they speak Portuguese in Brazil, so i can't totally help you there, even though pronunciation is similar.

When i see a substantial number (say, 15 or more names) I will post the mp3 as soon as i can, since i don't enter college until the 15th of January. After that it may be more difficult to find the time

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