Brian Swale wrote
>
> Well, to my mind there is.
>
> And you have to bear in mind that all the different dialects of current
> English
> (Scots, Irish, Welsh, British/English, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand,
> etc) will give a different sound to these examples -- -- And I have
> forgotten
> how to write the phonetic symbols for sounds.
>
> To start with "gorilla" which has no "u" to be pronounced, the "o" could be
> sounded like the "o" in "go" or in "more" and the word would be acceptable.
>
> For guerilla, which comes from the latin-language equivalent of the english
> word "war", eg the French "guerre" or the Spanish "guerra", and for those
Yes
> who learned French, the "u" is pronounced one way or another.
> So the syllable before the "r" would be pronounced something like
> "gyew", but in a slightly guttural way with the sound formed at the back of
> the throat. Maybe "geyu". But not "go-rilla".
No.
"Guerre" in French is pronounced "gair". In Spanish: "gerra".
So in French ("guérilla") it would be pronounced "geriya".
The Spanish I guess would be "geriya".
>
> According to my dictionary, it may be spelled guerilla or guerrilla. I'm more
> concerned about the sounds right now.
>
> My 2 cents.
>
> Maybe that is in red for Mike. Depends on the mail reader.
>
> Brian
>
Jonas
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