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ˈjəʊ̈səf ˈstɐːɫən or ˈʝəʊ̈səf ˈstɐːɫən

Which of these three is closest to the Russian pronunciation?

Why would you think that [ˈʝəʊ̈səf ˈstɐːɫən] would potentially be closer, when Russian does not have [ʝ] (but does have [j])?

Anyways, this is a thread about how you pronounce things, not about asking people how one ought to pronounce things.

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Dibotahamdn duthma jallni agaynni ra hgitn lakrhmi.
Amuhawr jalla vowa vta hlakrhi hdm duthmi xaja.
Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro.

Some famous names:
Joseph Stalin [dʒoʊsəf / ˈdʒəʊsəf ˈstaːɫɪn] or [ən]
Wilhelm Röntgen [ˈvɪɫɦɛɫm ˈɹœːnʔgn̩] or [ɾentogen] because it's used in Japanese for X-rays
Marie Skłodowska-Curie [ˈmaɹi ˈkʰjʉːɹi]
Niels Bohr [niəɫs boː.ɹ̩]
Erwin Schrödinger [(ɛɹwən) ˈʃɹəʊdɪŋɹ̩] or [ˈʃɹœːdɪŋɹ̩] if i want to show off
Gerard 't Hooft [dʒəˈɹɑːɹd ət hoʊft] who?
Stanisław Ulam [ˈstanɪslav ˈuːlam] who?
Nikita Khrushchev [nɪˈkʰiːtʰə kʰɹʉːʃtʃɛv]
Enrico Fermi [n̩ˈɹiko fɹ̩ːmi]

although most of these, aside from Marie Curie and sometimes Joseph Stalin, i'd use only the last name.

how about:

notebook
language
Hillary
bear

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[ˈnowt̚bʊk̚]
[ˈlɛjŋgʷɨd͡ʒ]
[ˈhɪləɹi]
[ˈbeᵊɹ]

/nʌwtbuk/ [ˈnəu̯ʔt̚ˌb̥ʊʔk̚]
/læjngwɨdʒ/ [ˈlæi̯ŋgwɨdʒ]
/hilərɨ/ [ˈhɪɫɚɹɪj]
/ber/ [beɹ]

/indəwjɚrəpijən/ [ˈɪndəu̯ ˌjɚɹəˈpʰijɘn]
/ælgonkwijən/ [ˌæɫˈgɔŋkʰwijɘn]
/dʒəpɑnɨk/ [dʒəˈpɑnɨk]
/kərijən/ [kʰɚɹˈijɘn]
/kʌwsə/ [ˈkʰəu̯sə]
/tʃerəkij/ [ˈtʃʰeɹəˌkʰij]
/klingɑn/ [ˈkʰɫɪŋˌgɑn]
/inglɨʃ/ [ˈɪŋgɫɨʃ]

/rɨportɨdlɨ/ [ɹɨˈpʰoɹɽɨdɫɨj]
/strong/ [stɹɔŋ]
/heənə/ [heə̯nə]

/wiskɑnsɨn/ [ˌwɪsˈkʰɑnsɨn]

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Siöö jandeng raiglin zåbei tandiüłåd;
nää džunnfin kukuch vklaivei sivei tåd.
Chei. Chei. Chei. Chei. Chei. Chei. Chei.

notebook: [ˈnoʔpːʊʔk]
language: [ˈʟ̞ẽːŋɡwɘːtʃ]~[ˈɰẽːŋɡwɘːtʃ]
Hillary: [ˈhɘːɯ̯ʁ̩ːʁi(ː)]
bear: [pɛ(ː)ʁ]

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Dibotahamdn duthma jallni agaynni ra hgitn lakrhmi.
Amuhawr jalla vowa vta hlakrhi hdm duthmi xaja.
Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro.

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In Budapest:
- Hey mate, are you hung-a-ry?

was: +stress [wɔz] -stress [(w)əz]
were: +stress [wɞː] -stress [wə]
where: [we̞ː]

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Native: English || Pretty decent: Ancient Greek || Alright: Ancient Hebrew || Eh: Welsh || Basic: Mandarin Chinese || Very basic: French, Latin, Nisuese, Apsish
Conlangs: Nisuese, Apsish, Kaptaran, Pseudo-Ligurian

[wəz]
[wɚ]
[weɪɚ̯]

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[wəz]
[wɹ̩]
[weəɹ]

was: stressed [wʌːs] or, followed by a vowel, [wʌːz]; unstressed [(w)ɘːs] or, followed by a vowel, [(w)ɘːz]
were: stressed [wʁ̩(ː)]; unstressed [(w)ʁ̩(ː)]
where: [wɛ(ː)ʁ]

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Dibotahamdn duthma jallni agaynni ra hgitn lakrhmi.
Amuhawr jalla vowa vta hlakrhi hdm duthmi xaja.
Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro.

How do you pronounce "picture"? I pronounce it like "pickcher" but I've often heard people say it like "pitcher".

Looks like I say it like you.

me too: [ˈpʰɪkt͡ʃʰɚ]

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picture: [ˈpʰɘʔkɕʁ̩(ː)]

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Dibotahamdn duthma jallni agaynni ra hgitn lakrhmi.
Amuhawr jalla vowa vta hlakrhi hdm duthmi xaja.
Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro.

picture ['pʰɪk̚tʃ̯ɐ]

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Native: English || Pretty decent: Ancient Greek || Alright: Ancient Hebrew || Eh: Welsh || Basic: Mandarin Chinese || Very basic: French, Latin, Nisuese, Apsish
Conlangs: Nisuese, Apsish, Kaptaran, Pseudo-Ligurian

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In Budapest:
- Hey mate, are you hung-a-ry?

Vengaboys - We're Going To Ibiza

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfwNvfX5Aic

Why do they say "Ibiza" as "eebeetsa" in the song? Isn't "Ibiza" pronounce "eebeetha"?

maybe to make people think they're saying "we're going to eat pizza?"

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Probably just confusion between the pronunciation of "z" in Spanish and in other Romance languages like Italian. You can find a lot of posts online that mention that some people pronounce "chorizo" as "choritso". One common British pronunciation of "Ibiza" is actually "eye-beetha", with the "price" diphthong in the first syllable.

Because the Venga Boys are a Dutch band, and that's how the Dutch pronounce it, probably under the influence of German. Had they sung [ibiθa], no-one would've understood them.

(EDIT: Another hit of theirs is "vamos a la playa", which they sing with a [v], so in general their pronunciation lacks a bit...)

JAL

Which is particularly interesting given that the local pronunciation of the name is [əjˈvisə].

How do you pronounce "nightingale"? For me it phonemically has /n/ before the /g/ not /N/ because the "t" is pronounced as a glottal stop not a flap.

normal: [ˈnaɪtʰɪŋgeɪɫ]
quick speech: [ˈnaɪʔɪ̆ŋgeɪɫ]

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