| 单词 | unpronounceable |
| 例句 | His was one of many gray tombstones in a line of foreign unpronounceable names. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Prince, on the other hand, went one step further and turned an unpronounceable symbol into his name. Behind the music: What's in a band name? 2010-06-24T08:30:00Z In the 1990s he was in open conflict with the music industry, protesting the major-label system by writing the word “slave” on his cheek and changing his name to an unpronounceable glyph. How Prince Rebelled Against the Music Industry 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z So what does the current fad for adding unpronounceable symbols to names mean? Design: The Power, or Folly, of a Product's Name 2011-10-30T13:00:09Z Is she like Prince when he changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol? What happens when you say Hello Kitty is not a cat? Kitty chaos 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Let's face it: "Project Runway's" ill-fated Los Angeles season was a raging, exploding, unpronounceable Icelandic volcano of excitement in comparison. 10 best moments from the worst "American Idol" 2010-05-26T12:01:00Z In this moment where consumers care more than ever about “real” and “clean” food, microwaving a plastic container full of a long list of unpronounceable ingredients seems sacrilege. Millennials are finding hope up the frozen food aisle 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Later, Prince wrote "slave" on the side of his face and went on TV, and eventually changed his name for a time to an unpronounceable symbol. Three kings bearing gifts: Prince, Jay-Z and Kanye 2011-12-11T23:56:01Z It started with the name !@#? in 2003 before quickly realizing it was unpronounceable and made a Web address impossible. For Architectural Firms, Marquee Name Is No Longer the Thing 2010-09-29T15:00:00Z So you check food labels and avoid products with long lists of unpronounceable components. A New Addition to the Cleaning Cohort 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z The responsible adult in me avoids most foods with 10-letter, unpronounceable ingredients. Perspective | Carvel soft-serve still has the power to melt my heart 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z I looked up every unpronounceable word on my hospital chart. Modern Love: The View From the Victim Room 2013-06-27T20:45:27Z Prince’s attempt to change his name to an unpronounceable glyph was equally unpersuasive, and in classical music the violinist Nigel Kennedy was not notably successful in persuading listeners to forget his first name. Classical Groups Get Creative With Names 2010-05-13T14:38:00Z Four years after they issued a club blockbuster with an unpronounceable title, the Paris DJs reveal the monumental artwork for their new single, Civilization. Justice to return with Civilization 2011-03-14T13:36:04Z This teacher was Gyorgy Sebok, a great Hungarian piano guru with an unpronounceable name, who resembled less a cat than a sort of profound armadillo. The Pianist Jeremy Denk on the Joys of Chopin, Our Most Catlike Composer 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z The music industry has changed dramatically since Prince’s 1990s battle with Warner Bros., when he compared recording contracts to slavery and protested by adopting an unpronounceable symbol in place of his name. What would Prince want? Two years later, his estate is a mess and his legacy unclear. 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Whether you have kids, pets, or just want to reduce the number of unpronounceable chemicals in your home for yourself, we're here to help. 7 all-natural cleaning products you can make at home 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z The same struggle that saw him temporarily change his name to an unpronounceable glyph and inscribe "Slave" on his face in protest at his treatment by his label Warner in the early 1990s. Prince: Why, five years after his death, the Purple One still reigns 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z Neither should some of the Frankenstein products on the market, made with hyper-processed ingredients and unpronounceable chemicals and aggressively marketed to either men or women. Drinking and sexual assault: America’s booze culture is sexist 2013-09-16T15:07:00Z Bosnia is “a faraway place with unpronounceable names”; as a real place with real people, it’s irrelevant to Isaacson’s assessment of Holbrooke’s career. Was Richard Holbrooke “our man” or his own man? 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Everyone was living out their wildest dreams, traveling the world, swimming with dolphins, marching with Dr. King, staying at 90-star resorts and munching on rare, unpronounceable cheeses while flaunting their limitless wealth. Quitting Twitter is easy — changing ourselves is harder 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z My own south Indian name was too unpronounceable and foreign, my shame-infected teenage reasoning went. Screen queens: the funny, fearless women who revolutionised TV 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z At one point, he re-emerged as an unpronounceable symbol. Prince’s power move: Opting out of Spotify and Apple right as the streaming wars heat up 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z The word ‘No’ became like a Polish village . . . unpronounceable,” she says, in one of the script’s characteristic gags. Keegan gives bright rendering to Steve Martin’s ‘Picasso at the Lapin Agile’ 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z But I didn’t see another unpronounceable question for the rest of the show. An oral history of how Alex Trebek became America’s most beloved game-show host 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z So he changed his name to an unpronounceable glyph, a highly stylized overlay of the symbols for man and woman. Prince, a Master of Playing Music and Distributing It 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z He was fiercely determined to maintain creative control over his music, famously changing his name to an unpronounceable symbol for several years during a bitter contract battle with Warner Bros. Stevie Wonder tops all-star roster for Prince tribute concert 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z How appropriate that his name is unpronounceable in this country. ‘What Belongs to You’ review: An eloquent tale of desire and remorse 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z In Tolkien’s lore, we aren’t even told the dwarves’ real names—presumably something unpronounceable in Khuzdul, the Dwarvish language—and instead only hear the monikers they use for themselves in the human common tongue. TIME’s Guide to The Hobbit‘s 13 Dwarves 2012-12-13T13:00:20Z The accent and a name once deemed unpronounceable did nothing to slow him. He'll be back: why old age can't keep Arnold Schwarzenegger down 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z The comedy is inherent, onstage as on TV, in requiring folks from Chichester and Wembley to follow skeletal recipes for obscure Eastern European cheesecakes with unpronounceable names. ‘The Great British Bake Off’ as a musical? Now that takes the cake. 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z RSV, it turns out, is an abbreviation, not an acronym as usually defined; it is unpronounceable as it stands. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Remember what made the World Cup possible in Qatar 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Critics say the combined glyphs are unpronounceable and mostly good for graphic signage, such as the multi-gender “Welcome” signs using her characters now hanging outside many Israeli schools. He Says, She Says: A Biblical Tongue Meets Gender Politics 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Others have argued that ending nouns and adjectives with an X instead of an O or A makes the language practically unpronounceable. It's 'Latiné' over 'Latinx' all the way for Tony winner Matthew López 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z On his route weaving throughout various parts of Seoul are a public housing complex and a newly built snazzy high-rise with an unpronounceable name. Plastic recycling in South Korea was already in crisis. The pandemic is pushing it to the brink 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z They range from simple ingredients such as sugar or salt to chemical compounds with unpronounceable names. Additives found in cold cuts, ice cream, bread, other processed food cause concern 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z President Trump has called the name “unpronounceable” and made a show of laboring over the syllables. In Malta, a land of 2,850 Buttigiegs, they’re rooting for Mayor Pete 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z “It saves us money, and when you cook things from scratch, you control the components. You’re not worried about something with 30 unpronounceable ingredients,” said Ruffin, who started as executive chef in October 2019. ‘You’re chefs! This is a kitchen!’ It’s also a school cafeteria. That doesn’t mean the food has to be bland or frozen. 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Hoping to break the contract, Prince changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol and appeared in public with the word “slave” painted on his face. The Book of Prince 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z In August of that year, Sivan released an EP with the unpronounceable title “TRXYE,” which débuted at No. 5 on the U.S. Troye Sivan’s Coming of Age 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z And then, suddenly, this unpronounceable company seemed to be all over the news. Trump’s banning of Huawei could be the beginning of the biggest trade war ever | John Naughton 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z Canadian guitarist Donna Grantis spent four years in various capacities with the late artist who once changed his name to an unpronounceable glyph. Review: Ex-Prince guitarist Donna Grantis explores fusion 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z It is an understatement to say Buttigieg — known as “Mayor Pete,” because his Maltese last name is practically unpronounceable — is a long shot. Opinion | What does Pete Buttigieg bring to the table? Experience — really. 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Self-described “Tariff Man” started one trade war, with China, and headed off a second by tweaking the North American Free Trade Agreement and giving it an unpronounceable acronym, USMCA. Trump’s 2018: A year in a stranger-than-sitcom presidency 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z The insults grew familiar: it was a Communist sport; the players had unpronounceable names; only immigrants played; people went into soccer because they couldn’t cut it in American football or baseball. How the birth and death of the NASL changed soccer in America forever 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z If the word seems unpronounceable, that’s in keeping with this gang’s shadowy ways. Review | Facing down the Mafia, and misogyny, in Southern Italy 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z He changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol—Warner Bros. controlled the trademark for the name Prince—and scrawled the word “Slave” on his cheek. Paisley Park, Prince’s Lonely Palace 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Three simple syllables, but many of us find them unpronounceable. Why can’t gun apologists just say they’re wrong? 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z The 30-minute episode was intended to ruffle feathers, and it did, ultimately redeeming itself by making Roseanne's ignorance — not her neighbor's faith, religious attire or unpronounceable last name — the butt of the joke. 'Roseanne': The Conners fear their new Muslim neighbors may be terrorists 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z The garden will be in its spring glory, and there will be plenty of docents on hand to identify the incredibly cool plants with unpronounceable names from far corners of the world. Heronswood is better than ever 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z What if he were a Michael Brown from Ferguson instead of an Indian with an unpronounceable name from a southern Indian city? Opinion | The Kansas shooting teaches Indians a few lessons about Trump — and the United States 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z More and more consumers are snubbing packaged food’s sugar, salt and unpronounceable preservatives. Nestlé looks for ways to boost stale growth as consumers snub unhealthy food 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z A decade later, Macdonald brought a twisting four-minute story about a depressed moth to O’Brien’s “Tonight Show,” masterfully peppered with pauses and almost unpronounceable Russian names. Will somebody please give Norm Macdonald another TV show? 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The local community clap and cheer as he emerges from the back of a pick-up truck and sings a song heavy with clicks and sounds unpronounceable to most non-Khoisan. The first South Africans fight for their rights - BBC News 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z When Prince declared that his name was an unpronounceable glyph, The Times went with “the artist formerly known as Prince,” and often just Prince. In the Ring He was Ali, but in the Newspapers He Was Still Clay 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Wenzel also remembers Prince’s much-publicized battle with Warner Bros. in the 1990s, in which he released albums under the name of an unpronounceable symbol at a fast rate to escape his contract. Rapid City woman did Prince’s makeup on ‘Purple Rain’ set 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z The names were “completely new, foreign and unpronounceable for us”, Tim says. The day we discovered our parents were Russian spies 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z It isn’t even the future profits from his name, image and unpronounceable glyph, which the government will tax as income as it is earned. What Is Prince’s Legacy Worth? The Tax Man Wants to Know 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z On Saturday, when Guns N' Roses took the main stage, bassist Duff McKagan appeared with his white bass adorned in a purple, glittery decal of Prince's infamous, unpronounceable symbol. Prince was in the house, at least in spirit, during Weekend 2 of the Coachella festival 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z He started writing “SLAVE” on his face and changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol. The A to Z of Prince 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z In the 1990s, he wrote “slave” on his face in protest and changed his name to a symbol — an unpronounceable glyph. Prince autopsy completed, ‘no obvious signs of trauma,’ sheriff says 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z So he tells us on the album whose official title is the unpronounceable symbol he will later adopt instead of Prince. Prince: every album rated – and ranked 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z When Prince changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol, it was regarded as both rebellious and foolhardy. Why did Prince change his name to a symbol? - BBC News 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z He pulled back entirely from the spotlight, changing his name to an unpronounceable symbol to protest a record contract that he felt was strangling him creatively. Appreciation: From beginning to end, Prince was always surprising us 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Then, in 1993, he announced he was retiring and changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol - designed to depict both male and female genders. Obituary: Prince - BBC News 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z In 1993, Prince legally changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol, but later changed it back again. Music superstar Prince dies aged 57 at Minnesota home 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z He also built a reputation for secrecy and eccentricity, once changing his name to an unpronounceable symbol. Prince, singer and superstar, dies at 57 at Paisley Park - BBC News 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z "It is an unpronounceable symbol whose meaning has not been identified. It's all about thinking in new ways, tuning in 2 a new free-quency," he wrote in a statement at the time. Why did Prince change his name to a symbol? - BBC News 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z From the beginning, we thought of it as the village with the unpronounceable name. Can You Pronounce ‘Mela Thiruvenkatanathapuram’? 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Some two decades ago, Prince re-named himself with an unpronounceable symbol and scrawled “SLAVE” on his cheek in a feud with Warner Bros Records. Music Review: Kanye West’s “The Life of Pablo” 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z The group names a handful of chemicals involved in cooking and processing meat, most of them nearly unpronounceable, and some believed to be carcinogenic. Hot dogs, bacon and other processed meats cause cancer, World Health Organization declares 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z For the Sausage Crunchwrap, the Bell found a way to stuff sausage and hash browns into this carb vessel, plus shredded cheddar cheese, a pile of eggs and 50 other ingredients, many unpronounceable. The 9 Worst Breakfasts for Your Waistline 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Some perceive that DEET, shorthand for a synthetic chemical with an unpronounceable name, is a dangerous substance to be avoided. When bugs want to bite, what do you do? 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z If any of the first three items is unpronounceable or hard to understand, don't buy it. Hey, fat cat: Overweight pets are unhealthy pets, vets warn 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z A bill is working its way through Congress with the awkward name of the “Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act,” and the unpronounceable acronym “FLCSA.” Senate TSCA Reform Bill Doesn't Let EPA Be Real Chemical Referee 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z After leaving one seaside resort, the family found they had somehow left behind a Bohemian maid with a nearly unpronounceable name, and had to return and send out the town-crier to call for her. The Real-Life Muse Behind Wes Anderson's 'Grand Budapest Hotel' 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Some physicists welcomed the attention to a field usually obsessed with particles that most people would find unpronounceable and equations that were less understandable than colloquial Mandarin. Deflation Experiments Show Patriots May Have Science on Their Side After All 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Don’t we need a rubric for the growing population that must turn down the unpronounceable drugs because they are unaffordable? Living With Cancer: Coming to Terms 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z It’s like high school with unpronounceable brand names. Grading Pharma In 2014: 17 Drug Companies Ranked 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z They also mark his return to original home Warner Bros., the company he once protested by writing “slave” on his face and briefly changing his name to an unpronounceable symbol. Review: Prince seeks relevance in double release 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z What it says: Every time I eat out, I order the weirdest, most unpronounceable menu item. 13 Apple Watch Design Combinations (and What Each Says About You) 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z He re-joins the label after a split that previously lead to the artist scrawling the word ‘slave’ on his face and changing his name to an unpronounceable symbol in an attempt to sabotage his contract. Prince announces details of two studio albums 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Scientific racism stretches back as far as Carl Linnaeus, the father of modern taxonomy and the reason why scientific names of species are generally unpronounceable and unmemorable. Body Snatching, Syphilis, And Other Racist Bits of Science Past 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z He changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol and wrote the word “slave” on his cheek. Prince Reaches Agreement With Music Label 2014-04-18T22:50:06Z Give him credit, though, for bringing excitement to an event that was -- to most people outside northern Europe -- a bunch of unpronounceable names darting through the woods. Olympic Viewing: Who's reading lips? 2014-02-10T07:02:24Z The risk of damaging publicity has proven serious enough that some manufacturers have reformulated top-selling products to remove mysterious, unpronounceable components that could draw suspicion. As food labels get closer look, ingredients vanish 2013-12-17T20:20:37Z Arguably among the most controversial economic policies of recent years, QE is surely the most unpronounceable. UK QE has failed, says QE inventor 2013-10-21T22:52:20Z "I imagine the scientific community will come up with something unique," she says, "and perhaps unpronounceable." Southern Flying Squirrels Go A-Courtin' in Canada 2013-10-12T02:37:17Z But their names are chemical terms unpronounceable for most patients. New coupons aim to keep people off generic drugs 2012-08-20T20:46:05Z It was at this stage in his career that he changed his name, after complaints that Blondheim was unpronounceable, and comments by comedian Jackie Curtis that he looked like a Scottie dog - hence Scott. Flower power singer McKenzie dies 2012-08-20T03:47:08Z “Fortunately, I’m Welsh,” Mercer said, “and if you’ve ever been to Wales, you’ll know that some of our place names are totally unpronounceable.” Wimbledon 2012: Putting Twisted Tongue to Names of Globalized Tennis 2012-06-28T19:30:58Z The Wanderobbo's name had proved so unpronounceable that he had been called Bill for short. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z The words were jumbles of seemingly random letters, strings of unpronounceable consonants, like the work of a touch typist who inadvertently plants his fingers on the wrong keys. A modest revival for the Irish language 2012-03-06T02:10:45Z Some more tests .. more unpronounceable medication ... and ... another visit to the OT .. operation theater! Bachchan surgery recovery delayed 2012-02-17T03:52:23Z "An uncouth and almost unpronounceable designation truly," commented his Majesty to the Grand Chamberlain beside him. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z In the evolution of human civilization, it is comparable in magnitude to life leaving the oceans and crawling onto land.“Developeronomics” is unpronounceable: Mea Culpa. Developeronomics: The Reactions 2011-12-12T21:55:36Z One of them was a North German Lloyder, the second belonged to the Hamburg-American fleet, and the third possessed an unpronounceable Welsh name and flew the pennant of the Llanarch line. On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z A young creature, said to be the wife of six unpronounceable syllables, strums on a monotonous stringed instrument, and screeches, sometimes striking an octave, but successfully dodging every other interval. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z If they are given in their original Gaelic forms, they are not unfrequently unpronounceable and repulsive to the English reader; if they are written phonetically, they are often strange and barbarous looking. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z The term “neglected tropical diseases” was only coined in 2005; before that, each unpronounceable disease fought its own uphill battle with limited success. How pharmaceutical companies can help take the 'neglected' out of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) 2011-11-09T16:32:14Z "I suspect," said Mr. Fenton, who had just then entered the cabin, "we shall find it ——'a name unpronounceable, Which nobody can speak and nobody can spell.'" Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z The language in the latter's later translations is as rough as a file, and at times almost unpronounceable. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Madame Patti's house, in some unpronounceable Welsh place, was broken into by burglars. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, November 5, 1887 2011-09-19T02:00:10.183Z It is a long, straggling village with an unpronounceable Dutch name. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z The above totals, be it remembered, are only round numbers, but they get us “out of the woods” so to speak, and away from a lot of unpronounceable names. The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z My birth-place, I said, was on the Polish frontiers of Prussia; and I gave it by the way such a horrible unpronounceable name, that the old lady made no attempt to repeat it after me. The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-23T02:00:27.103Z It was her sure and unconquered resort, for no one could answer unpronounceable and untranslatable words. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z Hunters familiar with the regions indicated have all heard of the bitter wells, with the unpronounceable Bushman name, not a great many days’ journey from Anderson’s Vley. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z He had been christened "Zip," a contraction of some unpronounceable name, and his motto was: "Zip buys or sells anythings!" The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z This is not true: the Jews simply do not pronounce the word, because without points it is unpronounceable. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z The Parson rattled off a list of unpronounceable names, at the mention of one of which Mark sprang up. A Cadet's Honor Mark Mallory's Heroism 2011-05-15T02:00:10.653Z After weaving his way through a maze of living room sets with unpronounceable Swedish names, Curtis Aikens was ready. The Celebrity Chef Comeback Trail 2011-05-12T21:00:00Z Why, it was he who led the forlorn hope at C—, besides being first over the bridge at some other place with an unpronounceable name?” The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z Thus Bleek tells us that the tortoise changes clicks in labials, the ichneumon in palatals, the jackal substitutes linguo-palatals for labials, while the moon, hare, and ant-eater use "a most unpronounceable click" of their own. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Nothing for it but to trust to the driver's assurance that he and his unpromising-looking horse could easily convey them to the farm-house, with the inevitably unpronounceable name. Uncanny Tales 2011-03-22T02:00:16.307Z "Her last admirer, the Polish prince with the unpronounceable name, has turned out to be a circus rider." Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z It was, therefore, a great relief when at last we came to an inn at a hamlet with an unpronounceable name which marked the end of the pass. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z She saw so many people so often who had such weird and unpronounceable names that she never even made an effort to remember any of them. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z Even in Austria, a family resort with an unpronounceable name would probably have provided red-top immunity. Loved the postcard from Klosters, George, it said it all 2011-01-09T00:06:25Z There was no gold-tinted bill of fare, with unpronounceable French phrases, no long line of sable waiters in white aprons. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z But two, a youth and maiden, Were left to brave the storm, With unpronounceable Dutch names, And hearts with true love warm. Fanny With Other Poems 2011-01-01T03:00:27.707Z Blizzards, ash from an unpronounceable volcano in Iceland and even fiery failures of new engines left millions of passengers stranded throughout the year. In 2010: Plenty of Turbulence for Fliers 2010-12-30T03:06:03Z The eruption of an unpronounceable Icelandic volcano created an ash cloud on Apr. 14 that during its peak affected 1.2 million passengers each day and deprived airlines of at least $1.7 billion in revenue. Why We Were Stuck in 2010 2010-12-16T22:00:00Z He’d like a better term than the current one, but said he’s tried “all four factorial permutations” of the letters, and the alternatives are either unpronounceable or already claimed by a baseball team. Basics: STEM Education Has Little to Do With Flowers 2010-10-04T18:04:00Z There was a reason to visit a place where one’s name was unpronounceable, Zichen thought, just as there was a reason that her parents continued to share a life in their daughter’s mind. Yiyun Li: “The Science of Flight.” 2010-08-23T04:00:00Z Europe Under the Ash Eyjafjallajokull, that unpronounceable volcano, prompted inevitable chatter about nature’s awesome fury and the inadequacy of human invention to deal with it. Abroad: Europe Under the Ash 2010-04-24T22:38:00Z When the Iceland volcano with an unpronounceable name erupted last week, most Kenyans must have reacted in more or less the same way as they did when a massive earthquake hit Haiti in January. How Iceland's volcano sears Kenya's crops 2010-04-20T14:00:00Z What was this unpronounceable German composition, this Tonic Poem that must be played before Stella's turn would arrive? Sinister Street, vol. 1 New decorations with wonderful and to American ears unpronounceable names have been displayed before the eyes of Europe and America by the advanced architects of the day. The Career of Leonard Wood If she had felt curious as to why a woman from America with an unpronounceable Chinese name would want to spend two weeks in Neville Hill she had not shown it. Yiyun Li: “The Science of Flight.” 2010-08-23T04:00:00Z "The big, untidy-looking man, who had written a book on something terribly unpronounceable?" The Gambler A Novel A waiter swung a silver dome off a platter and served them a steaming and unpronounceable delicacy; a woman sang from the small gold balcony—life, wine, and jewels sparkled alike. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole Outside, in front of the cathedral, are two admirable statues in bronze standing before the bending corridor of each wing, representing historical characters in Russian story, but whose names are quite unpronounceable in our tongue. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia There are the Tartar guards, and the Circassian guards, Cossacks from the Don, from the Ural, and from Crimea; guards with names ending with “off” and “ski,” unpronounceable by Western lips. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. He had come from some village, with an unpronounceable name, thirty kos away, to see his brother's son, who was sick in the big Hospital. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel They have some unpronounceable Latin name, but we called them powder puffs because, oddly enough, that's what they looked like. The Moralist Two hours by rail brought us to a place with an unpronounceable name, ending in "djk," where we were to take a steamer. An American Girl Abroad Such places often are like that unpronounceable town in Russia of which Paragot said: “The bugs are the most companionable creatures in it, and they are the cleanest.” Our Southern Highlanders THE name of the national deity of Israel is unpronounceable. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal "Berg�re" to some was unpronounceable, so the Folies Berg�res was most popularly known in our ranks as "Foley's place." "And they thought we wouldn't fight" During this forepart, and after some clever high trapeze work, the sensation of the evening was announced—a Signore, with an unpronounceable name, would train a den of ten forest-bred lions! The Real Latin Quarter The keeper of the store, a Bohemian with an unpronounceable name, went along. The Rover Boys in the Land of Luck Stirring Adventures in the Oil Fields The children were just fresh from slates, with long, crooked rows of hard figures, and heavy atlases, with unpronounceable towns and rivers that would not be found out. Happy Days for Boys and Girls To Commander Powers, fifty years old, with eleven of them in Survey work, the world was Planet Two of a star called something unpronounceable in the nebula of something else equally pointless. Join Our Gang? “You would doubtless, little brother, from natural association, like to visit Rat Island,” said the stranger with the unpronounceable name. The Rambles of a Rat In the museum at Hobart are portraits of a good many, with unpronounceable names. Six Letters From the Colonies The signorino is an American and he has an unpronounceable name. Olive in Italy He, of course, gave the native pronunciation to the name which was almost Teutonic in sound and unpronounceable for Tyndall because of the sound given to the double aspirate, for which he knew no equivalent. Grove of the Unborn That was unpronounceable to the white man's tongue and was replaced by Estella when she married the trader not many years ago. The Trail of a Sourdough Life in Alaska He advises us to hire a trap and drive to some place with an unpronounceable name, where Mr. Hunter is sure to meet us; visitors often do that, he says. Round the Wonderful World In the lamp light she could read signs bearing names as unpronounceable as the gibbering monkey-speech in Lafayette Street. The Dust Flower You know who I mean—the one with the unpronounceable name.” The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air If this were not the case, the combinations ap, at, alp, alt, &c., would be unpronounceable. A Handbook of the English Language Every one at Henry's court talked French, and 'Eadgyth' was unpronounceable in French. A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII But I thought the Greek gentleman with the unpronounceable name was madly in love with Sylvia himself? The Twelfth Hour Schmidt's son, who, for some unaccountable reason, had been kept in fortress for two months, said to me: "I cannot tell you how they abused my father, the terms are unpronounceable." Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 3, May 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature Subsequently he wrote that his friend H—— would expect me on Tuesday at his coffee plantation with an unpronounceable name in the Preanger district. A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore If followed by a vowel it becomes unpronounceable, except as the ea in seat or the i in sight. A Handbook of the English Language In that magical, unpronounceable realm one reads about and intends to look up in the dictionary.... When Winter Comes to Main Street I believe that its extreme length and unpronounceable appearance is without an equal. Notes and Queries, Number 214, December 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. This time last year, or somewhere thereabouts, I was enjoying academic life with you at Oxford; and now here I am, encamped at some unpronounceable place beyond Umbala. Tom Brown at Oxford Fortunately Tji Wangi—the unpronounceable name of H——'s plantation—seemed to be well known, and he grasped the situation at once. A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore He was accorded the gentleman from the Sudan on one side, and a Cabinet Minister with an unpronounceable name on the other. The Tale of a Trooper Then two Swedes with unpronounceable names who, by their embellishments, informed the world that they hailed respectively from Göteborg and Helsingborg. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories A telegram searched the far corners of Mexico that afternoon, and at an unheard-of place, with an unpronounceable name, it found Cornelius McVeigh, the centre of a group of gentlemen. Nancy McVeigh of the Monk Road This means that a cultivar, raised in one country under a name acceptable in that country, may be introduced into another country where the original name is quite unpronounceable or otherwise unsuitable. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 When we began applying the term "phenomenological" to our work, we learned that to many persons it sounds strange, unpronounceable, foreign; to some forbidding; to others enticing. Humanistic Nursing "Of course, it's unpronounceable to you, but I thought that was the first thing all Earth people asked of visitors from other planets." The Gift Bearer Another interesting dagoba with a most unpronounceable name is now being restored through the pious contributions of pilgrims. Travels in the Far East Mr. Gifford got suddenly exempted, and was made Governor of some outlandish place with an unpronounceable name in Burma. A harum-scarum schoolgirl “I see thee, white man of the unpronounceable name,” answered the king somewhat ungraciously. Through Veld and Forest An African Story Numbers of villages with unpronounceable names were hurried through. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 She said an unpronounceable word and added: "You may call me Liz." The Gift Bearer Translation Infinitesimal James Had nine unpronounceable names; He wrote them all down, With a mortified frown, And threw the whole lot in the flames. The Book of Humorous Verse We found the right bridge, with an unpronounceable name, and we turned and looked back, just as we were bid, and never a San Giorgio did we find. A Venetian June Which was a strange and almost unpronounceable word; but the pictures which accompanied this text were somewhat explanatory of its meaning, being all of familiar looking butterflies and moths. The Heart of Arethusa Rose bent over a pale little blossom near the path— “What is this?” asked she; and then she was sorry, fearing to have it spoiled by some long unpronounceable name. Janet's Love and Service Many days were spent in learning the unpronounceable names of my flock and in keeping them from murdering one another until Froebel's justly celebrated "law of love" could be made a working proposition. The Girl and the Kingdom Learning to Teach The next day Happah ambassadors came to sue for peace; and soon every tribe on the island joined the alliance, save the Typees, and a distant tribe that proudly bore the unpronounceable name of Hatecaaheottwohos. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 But the best stroke of humour, if there be a best in that abounding book, is that where Gulliver, in the unpronounceable country, describes his parting from his master the horse. Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American "Mrs. Smith?" exclaimed Jack, but in another second he understood it, and asked after his old friend with the unpronounceable name as well as after Miss Hildebrand. Crowded Out o' Crofield or, The Boy who made his Way Chingatok uttered an unpronounceable Eskimo word which did not throw light on the subject. The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole I read in the Star this evening that Enright and Stanwix will probably make the Australian Davis Cup team, and that the Hawaiian with the unpronounceable name has broken three or four more world's records. The Skylark of Space I am avoiding their own names as much as possible, because they are almost unpronounceable in English or Interplanetarian. Spacehounds of IPC It may even be that in the sack of some unpronounceable town or other he has acquired a specimen, and is bringing it home in his valise to exhibit it to his family. The Blue Pavilions Mr. James, vice-president of the Higgins & James Company, showed me a very fine filbert, a variety with some unpronounceable name, I think Italian, and he said, "Isn't it a beauty?" Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twelfth Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, October 6 and 7, 1921 That the sound-image has been correctly apprehended is evident from the certainty with which the child responds correctly in various cases by gestures to words of similar sound unpronounceable by him. The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. Thanks, many many thanks, to these sturdy old Dutchmen with unpronounceable names who preserved to posterity so many delightful customs of Christmas observance. Yule-Tide in Many Lands It was untranslatable and unpronounceable to Earthmen, who could not reproduce the sequence of pops and whistles that made up the Garvian tongue. Star Surgeon Crowded with tiny dark arched shops, like caverns, full to the brim with Persian silk carpets, furs from the north, turquoises and all kinds of precious stones from out-of-the-way places with unpronounceable names. The Adventures of Akbar There we put up our ponies at a hotel with an impossible and unpronounceable Indian name, and accepted the Colonel's kind invitation for a row. The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua A town with an unpronounceable name suggested foreign iniquities to her tender fears, but our own town, where she and everybody we knew bought everything we daily used, did not frighten her at all. We and the World, Part I A Book for Boys "Oh! somewhere on the banks of the St. Lawrence—some unpronounceable name." Marie Gourdon A Romance of the Lower St. Lawrence He had read of the city slums as of Stanley's Central African negro tribes with unpronounceable names; and he had thought of them in much the same way. Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman He had left some with his kind entertainers, the Richards, but had plenty remaining, which he had left in the kitchen in care of the young woman with the unpronounceable Scripture name. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life He asked her if she was one of the Wisharts of some unpronounceable place. The Half-Hearted They asked us if we knew where somebody, with an unpronounceable name, had gone. Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. Words ending with a double consonant are very frequent, e.g. nostr patr; and these will be unpronounceable for many nations, e.g. for an Italian or a Japanese. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar It was also the night of the cotillon given by a certain princelet of unpronounceable name and great wealth, who hailed from one of those countries in Europe where quasi-royalties abound. The Hawk of Egypt Thus the gutturals of the Indians were softened or dropped; and the f and r of the English and French, to them unpronounceable, were modified into p and l. Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon They read the "Arabian Nights," and she was all the Arabian Princesses with unpronounceable names. Trumps I mean," said he, "that with such a fierce little squaw for a wife, the gentleman with the unpronounceable name, would not have continued a man of peace long. The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times Far more marvellous things are going on, and have been going on for centuries, in the East; for instance, in the Brotherhoods of—I forget—some unpronounceable name.' Cecilia de Noël The unpronounceable Slavic combinations of consonants and polysyllabic Jewish patronymics are plentiful, while here and there an Italian name makes its appearance. Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making Overholt gave him the almost unpronounceable name of some recently discovered substance, and smiled at his expression as he listened. The Little City of Hope A Christmas Story First comes a visitor, who turns out to be a 'man with an idea,' just home from an unpronounceable address in Scandinavia. Ireland In The New Century The Teutonic names, whether German, Scandinavian or Flemish, do not, as a rule, seem by any means so unpronounceable as those pertaining to foreigners of Slavonic race. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 She suffered the change of her unpronounceable name, being euphonized as "Césarine," smilingly, but life at home in a demure and tranquil suburb little suited the young meteor who had flashed across Germany. The Son of Clemenceau It is a cliff approached by a gorge, whence one of those unpronounceable and unspellable kings once drove his enemies headlong into the sea. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines Vanilla and cochineal were first found in Mexico; but the Spaniards did not adopt the unpronounceable native names, tlilxochitl and nocheztli. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern The second name was an unpronounceable Greek one. Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis She played with the rich, unpronounceable foods on her plate and took a swallow of golden liquid to wash down her fiery confusion. Every Soul Hath Its Song Footnote 40: Some of the Berber languages allow consonantal combinations that seem unpronounceable to us. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech If these names are unpronounceable even by Europeans, what would the poor Hindu malee make of them? Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden He gave the outfit his correct name, on joining us, but it proved unpronounceable, and for convenience some one rechristened him Lucy, as he had quite a feminine appearance. Cattle Brands A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories One of the negroes, a big, good-natured fellow, who, on account of his unpronounceable African name, had been dubbed "Inkspot," was not to be found. The Adventures of Captain Horn They had a numerous family, and an unpronounceable name. Half a Century Maybe Ysaye and some of the boys with the unpronounceable Russian names can play better than he. Between You and Me But those clusters which are unpronounceable, are useless. The Grammar of English Grammars By all means let's go to Mt Kenia and the other place with an unpronounceable name, and look for a white race that does not exist. Allan Quatermain Better than anything else she liked a great equestrian statue of an evil, cruel-looking general with an unpronounceable name. The Song of the Lark Come hither! the bands are all broken, And loosed in hell's innermost womb, When the spell unpronounceable spoken Divides the unspeakable gloom. Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon Words are compounded until they reach a great and almost unpronounceable length.* The Long Labrador Trail However, one unpronounceable name is as good as another, and the villages of the valley will go down to official history, christened at the caprice of a peasant. The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War There were many unpronounceable gentlemen, and one real English Lord, who considered Americans, "frightfully amusing." The Lady of the Decoration But most of these names were unpronounceable Slavish, and the owners of the names had no friends to mention them—at least not in any language understood by American newspaper editors. King Coal : a Novel They call him Jones, but that's because his name is so unpronounceable. The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island Enoch lived, Mahalaleel, and all the rest of the half- unpronounceable names, they lived, they begat their heirs, and sons and daughters, and then they died. Expositions of Holy Scripture As was natural, but inconveniently enough for us, Courtin does not think it necessary to trouble her with unintelligible and unpronounceable Indian names. Three Frenchmen in Bengal The Commercial Ruin of the French Settlements in 1757 The narrator here made use of a long, unpronounceable Irish word, which Henry could not catch. Young Lives We have reached the unpronounceable place after much prayer and fasting. Olivia in India The Indians called the stream the Nlka, an unpronounceable combination of letters, resulting from a most interesting though variously described event. My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young Whether the old careless rapture is altogether recovered is another matter; at least the jolly unpronounceable names are still there, and the picturesque speech. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, September 12, 1917 All the solemn funny fellows present, who played the part of chiefs, signed formal articles of convention with their unpronounceable names. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 One was from Vienna, one was from Milan, and one from some place with an unpronounceable name in Hungary. The Czar's Spy The Mystery of a Silent Love We depart to-morrow morning for some quite unpronounceable place about twenty miles from here, to stay at another rest-house till Monday. Olivia in India I christened him Kim, after Kipling's hero, for his Basuto name is unpronounceable. The Secrets of the German War Office What does possess botanists to afflict the most fragile and delicate of earth's children with such mountainous and unpronounceable names? Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 They had christened him Otter, his native patronymic being quite unpronounceable, because of his extraordinary skill in swimming, which almost equalled that of the animal after which he was named. The People of the Mist A superior tenor, with an unpronounceable foreign name, had come up from New York to grace the occasion. Barriers Burned Away What a fine platform cry—"a truly rural London!"—with the unique advantage of being unpronounceable by demagogues in drink. Without Prejudice There are three species of currant borers with unpronounceable names. Success with Small Fruits Today, at the summit house of the mountain, I opened an herbarium, and there were three inches of name as hopeless and unpronounceable as the German of our guides, piled up on my little flower. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 Mine was a Baganda who called himself Matches, presumably because his real name was unpronounceable. The Ivory Trail May not the singular form of this word have given rise to the Latin "Maurus," by elision of the Ghayn, to Italians an unpronounceable consonant? Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 He probably had either a surname to be concealed or else unpronounceable to French lips. A Modern Telemachus "Mademoiselle G�ldmar, if anything happens to me at this cascade with the name unpronounceable, you will again be my doctor, will you not?" Thelma In that form it was unpronounceable to those unacquainted with the native tongue. History of the Mackenzies, with genealogies of the principal families of the name About eleven miles from Hancock we crossed a long stone bridge over a stream with the unpronounceable name of "Conococheaque creek." See America First The doctors called his complaint by a learned and villainously unpronounceable name, which, interpreted by the Bowery, meant that Billy Garrison "had gone dippy." Garrison's Finish : a romance of the race course Heaven bless the dear souls!—they are accustomed to the word now—the odious, vulgar, horrid, unpronounceable word slips out of their lips with the prettiest glibness possible. The Book of Snobs It was quite unpronounceable and, except that it ended, of course, with a double f, equally impossible to spell. Tea-Table Talk The Russians have privately had their admirations of Friedrich, all this while; and called him by I forget what unpronounceable vernacular epithet, signifying "Son of Lightning," or some such thing. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 One of these rejected gentlemen was a Russian; and he was the means of making her acquainted with a countrywoman of his, whose name is unpronounceable by English lips. Armadale It is he who leads me up to the Visitors' Books at the wayside inns, and putting the quill in my reluctant fingers bids me write in cheerful hexameters my impressions of the unpronounceable spot. Penelope's Postscripts Have you forgotten the yellow-looking foreign woman, with the unpronounceable name? No Name Once upon a time there lived a mighty King; one—but with the names I will not bore you; they are somewhat unpronounceable. Paul Kelver, a Novel |
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