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KaKi87@sh.itjust.works to Jerboa@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

How to pronounce 'Jerboa' ?

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How to pronounce 'Jerboa' ?

KaKi87@sh.itjust.works to Jerboa@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago
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  • IdiosyncraticIdiot@sh.itjust.works
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    Using international phonetic alphabet:

    dʒbəʊʌ

    Using English:

    J - as in Jump

    er - as is teachER

    b - as in Boat

    o - as in shOW

    a - as in Up

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      deleted by creator

    • _s10e@feddit.de
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      Wikipedia has it as: /dʒɜː(ɹ)ˈbəʊ.ə/

      Yours is missung the vowel after the j.

  • jsveiga@vlemmy.net
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    J, like in GIF…

    • bonfire921@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Ah, Gerboa. Got it

  • Herbstzeitlose@feddit.de
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    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jerboa

    • KaKi87@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      I didn’t know it was an animal, thanks !

  • HelloThere@sh.itjust.works
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    Jer as in Her, and Jerk

    Boa as in the snake, and fancy feather number

  • karlthemailman@sh.itjust.works
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    I pronounce it like this:

    https://youtu.be/BhecZbJscpY

  • Arcaneslime@lemmy.ml
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    A cross between gerbil and boa constrictor.

    No I don’t mean “food.” Jerboa.

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    Hopefully just like the name of the character in The Howling 3: The Marsupials, or I’ve been getting it wrong this whole time.

  • Blastboom Strice@mander.xyz
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    I was ~reading it Jebroa all that time… Oops

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    The correct way

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