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Tagged: Pronunciation guide for world history names, world history

This topic has 8 replies, 7 voices, and was last updated 9 years, 6 months ago by Traci C.

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December 1, 2015 at 10:47 am
Traci C
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Hi everybody!
We’ll be moving from US History to World History next year. I’ve been looking over the books we’ll be using and there are a bazillion names in them that I have no idea how to pronounce! I’ve found some pronunciation sites but when I type in one of the words/names nothing comes up for the ones I need. Does anyone have a website or pronunciation guide they can recommend? Any help will be greatly appreciated. 🙂
December 1, 2015 at 12:03 pm
Monica
Participant
Story of the World on audio CD. 🙂
That’s my only suggestion. I have terrible difficulty with pronunciation of foreign names and places.
December 1, 2015 at 1:47 pm
MelissaB
Participant
Dictionary.com is also very helpful – ask me how I know! 😉
December 1, 2015 at 2:05 pm
Wings2fly
Participant
I have the same problem. My husband laughs many times at me when I try. I have gone to audio books especially for Ancients. We did Mystery of History and assigned independent reading for each student. Also we did the audios of SCM Ancient Egypt and Her Neighbors. That helped to hear it said correctly there first. Otherwise, I just use Google and type the word and pronunciation.
December 1, 2015 at 2:38 pm
sarah2106
Participant
Ancient’s were really hard for me. I used audio books when I could because it was tough. I am not sure what I will do when we cycle back. My sister used MOH for ancients, so I might see if I can borrow her audio copy.
December 1, 2015 at 3:33 pm
petitemom
Participant
English not being my native language I have the opposite problem! I do pretty good w/foreign pronunciation but I still stumble on some English words! We just found out recently that you don’t pronounce the T in often.
December 1, 2015 at 4:01 pm
sarah2106
Participant
That can be reginal too. I say the T in “often” but I know many that make more of a “d” instead of “t”.
My sister lives in the south and that adds a whole other level of trying to say things correctly.
There is a townin Nebraska – Kearney – pronounced “ker-ne” or is it “car-ne”? depending on who I ask, it is said either way. Very confusing!
December 2, 2015 at 8:03 am
HollyS
Participant
I also struggle with this. Dictionary.com has been helpful for me as well, or I just google the name along with the word pronunciation.
I absolutely love books that have the pronunciation in the texts. MOH was pretty good about it, as is the SOTW activity guide. Librivox can be another help if you are reading an older book. Unless it’s a major character in a book, I usually just stumble through the pronunciation. lol
December 3, 2015 at 4:36 pm
Traci C
Participant
Thank you all sooo much! This might sound horrible but I’m glad to know I’m not the only one (which I totally thought I was)! I’ve checked out your resources and feel much better. A million thank yous and Merry Christmas to you all! 🙂