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

"Araseebo"
"Pahks" (we don't pronounce the "r") - like the British pronounciation of
castle - "cahsl"

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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

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

"Parkes" ----- Par' kes

"Butter."

"Par-KAYYYY..."


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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.

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.

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

On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 20:31:27 +0000, Brian McKillop wrote:

Well, when I say it, it sounds just like the plural of "park".

To you and your neighbors maybe G.

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