Re: Pygostyle

[NJPharris@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/22/99 1:59:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
granth@cyberus.ca writes:

> >  Speaking of Unen, what is the correct
>  >pronounciation? Following Spanish rules, it's
>  >yoo-nyen-LAG-ee-yah; following Latin, it's
>  >oon-EHN-lahg-yah or oo-nehn-LAHG-ee-yah. Ben, you got
>  >a handle on the Mapuche rules on this, or what?
>  
>  I seem to remember Novas calling it oon-en-LIE-a, but who knows.

Probably oon-en-LAHGH-ya, using the very soft Spanish "g" between vowels, 
which, when it comes before a "y" or "i" sound can sound like an English "y".

(I hate trying to do phonetic spellings using wacky English spelling 
conventions.  Life would be so much easier if everyone knew the International 
Phonetic Alphabet :-])

--Nick P.