Thread: The word liseuse being used outside of MobileRead?
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Old 06-22-2010, 01:08 PM   #310
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel View Post
nothing stupid about it, there are plenty of words i didn't know how to pronounce until i heard someone else say them.

it's something like "leez-uhz" ; the vowel sound in the second syllable is the same one in "hers" or "furs" (but without the r).

in this page you can hear the word spoken.
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Originally Posted by omk3 View Post
Have a look here: http://www.acapela-group.com/text-to...tive-demo.html
It looks like a really cool application. Type a word, select the voice and language you want, and you can hear it pronounced. Try it with liseuse

By the way, of course it's not a stupid question! No one can know how any possible word is pronounced, and asking is the best way to knowledge after all!
I sounds to me like "Lee zoos", although some of the speakers seem to make it almost three syllables "Lee zoos it", with a very short "it". If I said Lee Zoos in Paris, would folks know what word I meant?
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