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Eyjafjallajökull
#1
How the hell do you pronounce this. Every time I see wikipedia or someone else try to show me, it just looks like a huge jumbling of letters.
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#2
(pronounced [ˈɛɪjaˌfjatlaˌjœkʏtl̥])

What?
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#3
Eyjafjallajokull (pronounced AY -uh-full-ay-ho-kul)
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#4
I would also terrorize my country if I were given that name!Tongue

Just imagine the moment of name giving...
"And we shall call this vulcano Eyjafjallajökull"
wait wut? xD
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#5
Hmm, I would say Eye-uh-fyuh-lie-oh-cool based on soft J's. I'm not sure.Eos is probably right.
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#6
holyforest Wrote:I'm not sure.Eos is probably right.

Considering it's a direct quote (and link) from a National Geographic article I am pretty sure I am.
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#7
Eosian Wrote:Considering it's a direct quote (and link) from a National Geographic article I am pretty sure I am.

Didn't see the link 'til after I posted.
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#8
Eosian Wrote:Eyjafjallajokull (pronounced AY -uh-full-ay-ho-kul)

Is full of hokul
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#9
[ˈɛɪjaˌfjatlaˌjœkʏtl̥]

Most people usually go wtp when they hear it. Oh and yeah, it was Iceland's fifth biggest glacier. Go figure what happened with that glacier now.
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Devil's Sunrise Wrote:[ˈɛɪjaˌfjatlaˌjœkʏtl̥]

Most people usually go wtp when they hear it. Oh and yeah, it was Iceland's fifth biggest glacier. Go figure what happened with that glacier now.

Burned with fire?
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#11
I honestly thought this was a spam thread when I saw title. Then I saw Fiel made it and thought he meant to post it in the Funhouse,
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#12
Kalovale Wrote:Burned with fire?

Well, it's obviously not the fifth biggest glacier anymore.

Also, here's how to not say it:

[video=youtube;9jq-sMZtSww]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jq-sMZtSww[/video]
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