619
Barcelona (lemmy.world)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Persi@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The Wikipedia entry has a pronunciation guide:

English: [bɑːrsəˈloʊnə]

Catalan: [bəɾsəˈlonə]

The first a is a schwa and the o isn't rounded. Honestly, it looks quite similar to English, to the point where there might be some English dialect that sounds exactly like that.

[-] MudMan@fedia.io 0 points 3 months ago

Having heard native speakers say it many times, this post is mostly showing the limitations of IPA because... yeah, no, not really.

this post was submitted on 07 Jan 2025
619 points (100.0% liked)

Comic Strips

15708 readers
1285 users here now

Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

The rules are simple:

Web of links

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS