The long, tortuous and fascinating process of creating a Chinese font

Re:The long, tortuous and fascinating process of creating a ... by rabboRubble on Monday April 16, 2018 @02:01AM (#16846954)

Amen to that stupid poem. I'm a USA born white girl, and that poem broke me. I tried to read it aloud and got part way through before my tongue / brain made me give up. It's evil.

Can you say squirrel? My trick with this word is to use different words. Start with the word "whirl". Repeat this word a couple of times to get your mouth around it. Then say the "sch" from the word "school". "Sch"... + ..."Whirl", "Sch".. + .."Whirl", "Sch". + ."Whirl", "Sch" + "Whirl", "Sch" "Whirl", "Sch-Whirl", ""SchWhirl". Looks horrible typed but it works on the tongue. Just need to get that sound glide exiting "sch" into "whirl". If you end the "sch" with your lips pursed in anticipation for the "oo" sounds in school, it sets you up for the "wh".

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Re:The long, tortuous and fascinating process of creating a ... by heinrich5991 on Monday April 16, 2018 @06:52PM (#16853641)

From Wiktionary[1]:

>(Received Pronunciation, General Australian, UK) IPA(key): /ˈskwɪɹl̩/, /ˈskwɪɹəl/

>(Canada, US) IPA(key): /ˈskwɝl/, /ˈskwɝl̩/, /ˈskwɝəl/

I haven't really thought about this word before, I think I use the UK pronunciation /ˈskwɪɹəl/, and this word didn't come across as hard to pronounce.

[1]: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=squirrel&oldid=4...

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Re:The long, tortuous and fascinating process of creating a ... by great_kraken on Monday April 16, 2018 @05:42PM (#16853082)

I would say it "skwir-rul," but that might be a northeastern regional pronunciation?

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Re:The long, tortuous and fascinating process of creating a ... by rabboRubble on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @01:54PM (#16869413)

So almost a combination of school's "sch" plus "rural".

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