Have a Tunguska!

[Natália Maranca]

Ah, well, Toon-GOOSE-ka, Toon-GOOS-ka, whatever. If we're looking for a more
accurate pronuciation, we should start learning Russian.

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 6:17 PM, Brock Vond <wilsonistrey at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is from my mac's dictionary...
>
> Tunguska |toŏ ng ˈgoōskə; tə ng-|two rivers in Siberia in Russia, the Lower
> Tunguska and the Stony Tunguska, that flow west through the forested,
> sparsely populated Tunguska Basin into the Yenisei River.
> ... when I've heard it on documentaries... it sounds like
> Toon-GOOSE-ka
> but i'm not really good at reading the phonetics in dictionaries... which i
> should prob start learning.
>
>
> On Jun 30, 2008, at 5:08 PM, Natália Maranca wrote:
>
> Yes, but where's the stress?
>
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 6:04 PM, Brock Vond <wilsonistrey at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Toon-Goose-Ka
>>
>> ...obviously... correct me if i'm wrong...
>>
>>
>> On Jun 30, 2008, at 4:55 PM, Natália Maranca wrote:
>>
>> How should I pronounce Tunguska?
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Henry <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Was a hundred years ago today,
>>> That the comet blew the trees away....
>>>
>>> Happy Tunguska Centennial, everyone!  Za druzhbu myezhdu narodami! To
>>> friendship between nations!
>>>
>>> Kinda remind me of the toast in "Ground-hog Day"
>>> PHIL. To the groundhog!
>>> Rita stares for a moment.
>>> RITA. I always drink to world peace.
>>> [Hmmm, Looks like there's an Anniversary Edition DVD:
>>> http://www.ugo.com/ugo/html/article/?id=18200 ]
>>>
>>> Imagine an explosion of that intensity today; the impact would be
>>> serious, as population density has increased.
>>> The Tunguska Mystery 100 Years Later
>>>
>>> http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-tunguska-mystery-100-years-later&sc=rss
>>>
>>> Video of Lake Cheko: http://tinyurl.com/64ugt7
>>>
>>> HENRY MU
>>> Information, Media, and Technology Consultant
>>>
>>> http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/blog/henrymu
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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