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How the H E " double hockey sticks " does one


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pronounce  the Lytocareum species=====  hoehnei-------Inquiring minds wish to know ----

 

attentemente 

 

 

Ed Brown

 

 

 

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Take a look here: http://www.palmpedia.net/palmsforcal/Lytocaryum_weddellianum

Pronunciation: lye-toe-CARRY-um wed-dell-ee-ANN-um

Lakeland, FL

USDA Zone 1990: 9a  2012: 9b  2023: 10a | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a

30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F

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Ed, I asked this very question about "hoehnei" to a native German speaker fluent in English.  Although I can clearly hear his pronunciation in my mind I am not sure that I can convey it phonetically in text.  Here goes...  The stressed syllable is the first one,  HEUH nee eye.  The Heuh is sort of like Her, but with  an 'uh' ending, and the 'R' sound is very faint.   Hope this helps ! 

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Your lips have to pooch out French-style on that first syllable, with your jaw nearly closed. It's not a sound you hear in English.

Feel how your mouth is wide, like a smile, teeth nearly closed, when saying "heeee".  Now continue to try to make that same "heeee" sound but first pull your lips into a tight little 'o' without moving the position of your jaw/teeth -- I know, weird.  Takes practice. 'Heee' is produced in the front of the mouth over the tongue; the "Hoe"/German sound is produced in the back of the mouth in a compressed space between the back of the tongue and the roof of the mouth.

I suppose in German the H would be more aspirated than we might think to say it as speakers of English.

 

Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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Kim, I tried French poochin' my lips and all I get are the neighborhood dogs howling.

Anyway, I'd pronounce it Hoe-any-eye also.

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