how to pronounce Cittagazze?

[TheRealNeo]

do you say zittagazze or tshitagazze?

[Yrael]

I say chitigaztze

[waitingForDust]

According to the audio book, narrated by Pullman, owatts93darkmaterials fan is correct!

[TheRealNeo]

ah okay, so the german audiobook is also right, because I asked myself that after hearing that becasue I always read it as "Sitagas".

[Yrael]

First time that i read the book i said chitigazre

[Haku]

As BTTS.net provides all we ever wanted to know about HDM:
http://www.bridgetothestars.net/index.p ... unciations

Chee-tah-gaht-see
Which seems to fit with an italian pronunciation.

[jessia]

we should find a linguistics student and translate those pronunciations into IPA.

[Stelmaria7]

Sit ta gaze z

[Yrael]

Sit ta gaze z

I think an extra 't' is required

Chit-(as in Chit-Chat)-te-(as in terrible)-gat-(as in Bat but with a 'g')-ze-(as in 't' 'say')

I think that works.

[Stelmaria7]

there is an extra T. Sit ta gaze z

[Yrael]

there is an extra T. Sit ta gaze z

in the gaze there needs to be a T 'gatze'

[kezmondo]

Funny, I found the same thing here... http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/his-dark-materials/terminology.html

[Valrad]

For me it's Cheetah(or how japanese say, cita)gazze... it's how it sounds, with an a like the one from garage. Z is...well, your usual Z and e is not that english e, it's like the one from fiancee. Like...a french e!

[Night-san]

I always said "Sih-tah-gah-zay." ._.

[Dustyfed]

I'm italian, and I have pronunciate this word like could be in italian so : Chee-tta-gatze ...Something like Haku has wrote!

[tellthemstories]

I've always thought it to be Si-ta-gaz but I'd love to know how its properly pronounced, I'm sure I'll find out when I listen to the audiobook.

[intotheworld]

I say it like the Italian words Citta (city) which I say probably sounds close to Cee-tah and gazze (magpies) as gat-zzi. Basically though, what my Italian professor says about double constants in Italian is you need to pronounce every letter and so you should "fall asleep" on your double constants.