The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread

[Travis B.]

coherent: [kʰoˈhɪːʁɘ̃ʔ]
inherent: [ɘ̃nˈhɛːʁə̃ʔ]
adherent: [ɛːtˈhɪːʁə̃ʔ]
spherical: [ˈsfɪːʁɘkɯ̞(ː)]
heroism: [ˈhɛːʁoːwɘːzm̩(ː)]

[Znex]

coherent [kʰəʏ'çɪəɻn̩t̚~kʰəʏ'çɪɚn̩t̚]
inherent [n̯'hɛɻn̩t̚~n̯'hɛɚn̩t̚]
adherent [æd̚'hɪəɻn̩t̚~æd̚'hɪɚn̩t̚]
spherical ['sfɛɻəkʊ~'sfɛɚkʊ]
heroism ['hɛɚɪzm̩]

[spanick]

coherent [kʰoʊˈçɪːɹɨnʔt˺]
inherent [ɪnˈhɛɹɨnʔt˺]
adherent [æd̥ˈçɪːɹɨnʔt˺]
spherical [ˈsfiɹɨkʊ̜ɫ]
heroism [ˈhɛɹowɪzm]

[Zaarin]

How do you pronounce Louis XIV? I've found that I call him [lui katoʁz] (or at least [lui katoɹ̠ˁz]) even in English. This does not apply to non-French monarchs (e.g., George III [ʤɔɹ̠ˁʤ ðə θɹ̩d]) or seemingly even to other French monarchs (e.g., Louis IX [lui ðə nɑɪ̯nθ], Francis II [fɹ̠ˁænsɪs ðə sɛkn̩d]). I'm curious if anyone else has idiosyncracies like that. The only other case I can think of for myself is pronouncing Napoleon [napoleɔ̃], but this does not extend to Louis-Napoleon/Napoleon III.

[Travis B.]

[ˈʟ̞uːwiː ðə ˌfɔʁˈtʰĩθ]

[jmcd]

AFAICT for the moment, the only French ruler I pronounce with a Scottish accent rather than a French one is Napoleon /nɐpoɫeʌn/.

[Travis B.]

Napoleon for me is [nəˈpʰoːʊ̯iːɘ̃(ː)(n)].

[Sumelic]

I've never felt like pronouncing "Napoleon" any other way than a fully nativized /nəˈpoʊliən/ [nə̆ˈpo̞ːə̯ɫin̩]. For Louis XIV, it takes me a moment to read the Roman numerals, so I'd probably go with /ˈlui ðə foɚ̯tinθ] [ˈluˑi ðə̆ fo̞ɚ̯ˈtʰintθ].

[Znex]

Louis XIV [lyːi̯ ðə ˈfoːˌtʰɪĩ̯θ]
Napoleon [nəˈpʰɔʊ̯liə̯̃n]
Louis-Napoleon [ˈlyːĩ̯nəˌpʰɔʊ̯liə̯̃n]

Also how are your guys' vowels before intervocalic /r/? I was just wondering about mine, since they're tending to rhotacise/sulcalise.

marry [ma˞ɪ̯]
merry [me̞˞ɪ̯]
Mary [me̞˞ɪ̯~me˞ɪ̯~me˞:ɪ̯]
mere [mɪə̯~miə̯]
mirror [mɪ˞ə̯]
nearer [ni˞ə̯]
hurry [hɐ˞ɪ̯]
furry [fø̞̈˞ɪ̯]
ferry [fe̞˞ɪ̯]
tomorrow [tʰə̃'mɔɚ]
rule [ɻʷʊu̯~ɻʷyu̯]
rural [ɻʷy˞ʊ̯]

[Vijay]

I think I'm weirdly idiosyncratic about whether I use foreign pronunciations or not but only because it's often just easier for me to use the pronunciation in the native language than it is for me to guess how English-speakers I'm talking to would pronounce it, to what extent there's speaker variation there, etc. (if they even know who or what I'm talking about in the first place). I never use words like "quatorze" in English, though, only ever with people who know at least some French. I say [ʔɪˈɹɑːk] and [ʔɪˈɹɑːn] for Iraq and Iran respectively (which I suppose are somewhat overtly prestigious pronunciations) instead of "I rack" and "I ran," which IME are honestly pretty much just dumb spelling pronunciations used by people who don't know any better. I tend to pronounce Indian words with an Indian accent (specifically a Malayalee accent if it's a word that has multiple common pronunciations even within India, such as "sari." In Hindi, apparently, it's [ˈsaɽʱi], but for me, it has never been anything but [ˈsaːɾi]) with the exception of "Sanskrit" [ˈsænskɹɪt̚]. I usually (try to) pronounce French proper nouns like in French (not the common noun "champagne," though, only the name of the region Champagne), German proper nouns like in German, etc. but I don't always do that with "Bonaparte" and probably even less often with "Napoleon." I also no longer do that with common Latin loans like "et cetera."

[Nortaneous]

coherent /koˈhirɨnt/ [ˌkɤˈhiɚ̯ɪnʔ]~[kəˈhiɚ̯ɪnʔ]~[kə̥ˈhiɚ̯ɳ̩ʔ] (if the /o/ takes secondary stress, it's something like [ɤ], not [əu̯])
inherent /ɨnˈherənt/ [ɪnˈheɚ̯ənt]~[n̩ˈheɚ̯n̩ʔ] (this can also take a rhotacized monophthong; see below)
adherent /ədˈhirɨnt/ [ədˈhiɚ̯ɪnʔ]
spherical /sfirɨkəl/ [ˈsfiɚ̯ɪkl̩]
heroism /ˈheroˌɨzəm/ [ˈheɚ̯ɵu̯ɪzəm] (this can also take a rhotacized monophthong; see below)

three /θri/ [ˈθɹɪi̯]
arthritis /arθrəitɨs/ [ˌɑɚ̯θˈɹəi̯ɾɪs]
asthma /æzmə/ [ˈæzmə]
they /ðe/ [ˈðei̯]
brother /brəðər/ [ˈbɹʌðɚ]

fur /fɚ/
lure /lor/
floor /flor/
flurry /ˈflɚ.ɨ/
lurid /ˈlɚ.ɨd/
fluorine /ˈflorˌin/

marry /merɨ/ [meɚ̯.ɪi̯]~[me˞.ɪi̯]
merry /merɨ/ [meɚ̯.ɪi̯]~[me˞.ɪi̯]
Mary /merɨ/ [meɚ̯.ɪi̯]~[me˞.ɪi̯]
mere /mir/ [miɚ̯]
mirror /mirər/ [miɚ̯.ɚ]
nearer /nirər/ [niɚ̯.ɚ]
hurry /hɚ.ɨ/ [hɚ.ɪi̯]
furry /fɚ.ɨ/ [fɚ.ɪi̯]
ferry /ferɨ/ [feɚ̯.ɪi̯]~[fe˞.ɪi̯]
tomorrow /təˈmarˌo/ [təˈmɑɚ̯ˌəu̯]~[tə̥ˈmɑ˞ˌəu̯] ~ -[ə]
rule /rul/ [ɹuɫ]
rural /rɚ.əl/ [ɹɚ.ɫ̩]

[ˈd̪ʲɛ.gɔ kɾuˑl̪]

How would you read Friulian, Nynorsk, Bokmål and Belarus?

[Zaarin]

Friulian [ˈfɹ̱ˤjuliən]
Nynorsk [ˈnynɔɹ̱ˤsk] or [ˈnunɔɹ̱ˤsk]
Bokmål [ˈbɔkmɑl]
Belarus [bɛləˈɹ̱ˤus]

All of these except Belarus are guesses.

[Znex]

From my English-y intuition:
Friulian ['fɻʷyːliə̯̃n]
Nynorsk [nʏ'noːsk]
Bokmål ['bɔkmɐʊ̯]
Belarus ['bɛləɻʷyːs]

[vokzhen]

Nynorsk/Bokmål aren't something that's a part of my normal spoken vocab so I can't say for sure I'd nativize them if they ever came up, when reading my "mental voice" doesn't.

Friulian: fɻˁʷɪʉ̯ɫiɨn
Nynorsk: nʏno̞ʂk ~ nɪʉ̯no̞ɻsk
Bokmål: buk̚mo̞l ~ bɒk̚mɒɫ
Belarus: bɛɫəɻˁʷʉʊ̯s

[Frislander]

Friulian [fɹi.'juː.li.ˌjn̩]
Nynorsk ['niː.ˌnɔːsk]
Bokmål ['bok.ˌmɑːl]
Belarus [ˈ'bɛ.lə.ɹʊs]

[Sglod]

Friulian [fɹʷʊ̈ˈjɪ̈ʉ̯lɪi̯.ə̃n] /fɹɪˈjɪʉli.ən/
Nynorsk [ˈnʲɪ̈ʉ̠nɒ̜ʃk] /ˈnʲɪʉnɒʃk/
Bokmål [ˈbʊ̈ʔmɒ̜ɫ] /ˈbʊkmɒɫ/
Belarus [bɛ̈ləˈɹʷʊ̈ʉ̠s] /bɛləˈɹʉːs/
marry [ˈmaɹʷɪ̈i̯] /ˈmaɹi/
merry [ˈmɛ̈ɹʷɪ̈i̯] /ˈmɛɹi/
Mary [ˈmɛ̈ːɹʷɪ̈i̯] /ˈmɛːɹi/
mere [ˈmɪ̈i̯.ə] /ˈmi.ə/
mirror [ˈmɪ̈ɹʷə̹] /ˈmɪɹə/
nearer [ˈnʲɪ̈ːɹʷə̹] /ˈnɪːɹə/
hurry [ˈhɜɹʷɪ̈i̯] /ˈhəɹi/
furry [ˈfɝːɹʷɪ̈i̯] /ˈfɚːɹi/
ferry [ˈfɛ̈ɹʷɪ̈i̯] /ˈfɛɹi/
tomorrow [tʰə̹ˈmɒ̜ɹʷə̹]~[tʰə̹ˈmɒ̜ɹʷɞʉ̠] /təˈmɒɹəʉ/
rule [ɹʷɫː] /ɹɫ̩ː/
rural [ˈɹʷoːɹʷəɫ] /ˈɹoːɹəɫ/

[Travis B.]

Friulian: [fʁiːˈʉːuʊ̯iːɘ̃(ː)(n)]
Nynorsk: [ˌnãːẽˈnɔʁsʲk]
Bokmal: [ˈpɑʔkˌma(ː)ɤ̯]
Belarus: [ˌpɜːɤ̯əːˈʁʉs]

[Ziz]

How do you pronounce dénouement and rapprochement?

[Zaarin]

dénouement [d̪en̪umɑ̃]
rapprochement [rapʀoʃmɑ̃]

Similarly,

accoutrement [akut̪ʀəmɑ̃]
penchant [pɑ̃ʃɑ̃]

[Travis B.]

I think it was implied that this was in English.

That said, I pronounce dénouement as [tẽːnʲʉ̃ũːˈmã(ː)].

However, the others I pronounce in a more anglicized fashion:

rapprochement: [ʁʷəˈpʰʁoʔtʃmɘ̃ʔ]
accoutrement: [əˈkʰutʃɻ͡ʁə̃ːmɘ̃ʔ]
penchant: [pʰɜ̃tʃɘ̃ʔ]

[Zaarin]

I think it was implied that this was in English.

I'm aware of that; that's how I pronounce them in English. Yes, it's pretentious, but I don't mind being a little pretentious sometimes.

[TaylorS]

Three
Arthritis
Asthma
They
Brother

I pronounce them as closely as I can to RP (sorry America, I don't like [ɹ̠ʷ]): [ˈθɹ̠ʷiː] [ˈɑːθɹ̠ʷäɪ̯tɪs] [ˈæsθmə] [ðe̞ɪ̯] [bɹ̠ʷɒðə], but I still (it's 3 years since I discovered IPA etc.) can't distinguish 'three'-'free' and 'breathe'-'breve' and I want to ask you - how do you hear the difference between these two places of articulation.

Three [d̪̥ɹʷi]
Arthritis [ɑɹθˈɹʷʌɪɾɘs]
Asthma [ˈæzmə]
They [d̪̥eː]
Brother [ˈb̥ɹʷʌðɚ]

[TaylorS]

Nynorsk/Bokmål aren't something that's a part of my normal spoken vocab so I can't say for sure I'd nativize them if they ever came up, when reading my "mental voice" doesn't.

Friulian: fɻˁʷɪʉ̯ɫiɨn
Nynorsk: nʏno̞ʂk ~ nɪʉ̯no̞ɻsk
Bokmål: buk̚mo̞l ~ bɒk̚mɒɫ
Belarus: bɛɫəɻˁʷʉʊ̯s

[fɹʷiːˈɯːɫjɘn]
[ˈniːnɔɹsk] ~ [ˈnyːnɔɹʂk]
[ˈb̥o:ʔkmaʟ] ~ [ˈb̥o:ʔkmɔʟ]
[ˈb̥ɛɫəɹʷʊs]

I'm of Norwegian ancestry so I know the middle 2 aren't horribly butchered.

[Sexendèƚo]

dénouement - [ˈdɛɪnʉmə̃nʔ] (spelling pronunciation, I'm not familiar with this word).
rapprochement - [ɹʷɜˈpʰɹɜʉt͡ʃmə̃nʔ] (possibly also a spelling pronunciation, but I have used this word).

three [θɾ̥̪iː]
Arthritis [aɹ̠ˈθɾ̪aːɾɘs]
Asthma [ˈæzmə]
They [ðɛ̞ɪ]
Brother [ˈb̥ɹʷɜðɚ]
Friulian [fɹʷʏʉlijən]
Nynorsk [ˈnjʉnʲoɹsk']
Bokmål [ˈb̥ɑːkmal̪ˠ]
Belarus [ˈb̥ɛl̪əɹʷʉs]