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Sep 30, 2022
8:19:05am

Corn Pop Intervention Needed

I think the "n" sound is being over pronounced, but that's likely because it's a

sound we don't have in any English words.

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Corn Pop

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CB Polynesians… educate me on the Uiagalelei pronunciation.

9/30/22 8:12am

I believe it’s pronounced “Big Cinco”

TheMediator

9/30/22 8:13am

I’m not Poly, but he’s Samoan, so that’s basically it.

Coop

9/30/22 8:14am

OO EE Unga La Lay

Desert Rat

9/30/22 8:15am

Sale had a post on how the "ng" sound is transliterated in Samoan and Tongan.

Genghis Spreads

9/30/22 8:17am

Ngata vs Gali, for instance. Both have the same opening sound.

SinkingQuffa

9/30/22 8:26am

This is what I’ve assumed it is more than anything.

9/30/22 9:01am

I think the "n" sound is being over pronounced, but that's likely because it's a

Corn Pop

9/30/22 8:19am

It's one of those things that doesn't directly translate into English phonetics.

shoganai

9/30/22 8:25am

The ng is like the sound in singer. Not like the one in finger.

Florwood

9/30/22 9:40am

This

Genghis Spreads

9/30/22 12:15pm

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