How to pronounce "Arecibo" and "Parkes"?

Hello guys!

I was trying to write a paper on "seti" in my language .... Right now,
I'm having trouble pronouncing the words "Arecibo" and "Parkes". Can
you please help me regarding this?

"Arecibo" --- Arkibo
"Parkes" ----- Par' kes

is that right?

Thanks.

raqueeb hassan
bangladesh

On 14 Sep 2003 02:53:08 -0700, (Raqueeb Hassan)
wrote:

"Parkes" ----- Par' kes

"Butter."

"Par-KAYYYY..."


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Hello guys!

I was trying to write a paper on "seti" in my language .... Right now,
I'm having trouble pronouncing the words "Arecibo" and "Parkes". Can
you please help me regarding this?

"Arecibo" --- Arkibo
"Parkes" ----- Par' kes

is that right?

Thanks.

raqueeb hassan
bangladesh

Thanks very much for the help .....

I got both of you, now .....

so for "parkes" it will sound like "parks" in US?

Regards,

raqueeb hassan
bunia, DRC

On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 08:48:56 -0700, Raqueeb Hassan wrote:

Thanks very much for the help .....

I got both of you, now .....

so for "parkes" it will sound like "parks" in US?


If an American said it it would. The Australian pronunciation would be
with a broader A sound and the R would be silent or nearly so. It would
be somewhere between Parks and Pox. If you can get a copy of the movie
"The Dish" you can hear how Aussie actors say it a least.

On 14 Sep 2003 02:53:08 -0700, in sci.space.history (Raqueeb
Hassan) wrote:

"Arecibo" --- Arkibo

Ah - reh - see - bow

"Parkes" ----- Par' kes

Probably par - kay.

William Hughes wrote:

On 14 Sep 2003 02:53:08 -0700, in sci.space.history (Raqueeb
Hassan) wrote:



"Arecibo" --- Arkibo



Ah - reh - see - bow



"Parkes" ----- Par' kes



Probably par - kay.


Watch it Raqueeb, he's trying to butter you up.

Pat

well, anyway ....

butter-ing me up? ;-)

thanks for the help.

raqueeb hassan
bunia, DRC

Raqueeb Hassan wrote:

well, anyway ....

butter-ing me up? ;-)


Parkay Margarine was a popular butter substitute in the United States;
the television ads for it; As a voice over claims Parkay tastes like
butter, a woman looks at tub of Parkay on her kitchen table and says
"but you're Parkay". In a rather comical voice the tub of Parkay says
"butter". They go back and forth until she tries a taste of it and she
says "it does taste like butter" so the tub of Parkay says "Parkay!".
Yes Raqueeb, on American television _everything_ can speak, whether it's
alive or not...even margarine. We are dangerously unhinged over here,
and not to be trifled with. Let Bangladesh remember that at all times,
especially if anyone comes over there to look for Weapons of Mass
Destruction...the fact that you don't have any wont be any guarantee of
safety...it might be better to have just one, and give it to the
inspector along with whatever scientist made it, so as to placate the
suspicions that you are hiding some. It would also be wise to make sure
there are no oil deposits in the country. And avoid smart-ass margarines
at all costs.

Pat

sorry to be awkward .... but ..

When I was a kid .... I loved watching one of the aussie TV show built
around Parkes observatory. Two young kids (a boy and a girl) were
there .... I forgot the name .... but I know for sure .. it's not "the
dish" ... can you please tell me the name of that tv series?

thanks in advance.

raqueeb hassan