Re: Terminology Question

["John S. Denker" <jsd@MONMOUTH.COM>]

Tom Ford wrote:

> 1. How should one pronounce "Chladni"

It's German.

The ch consonant is as in German "ach"
or Scottish "loch" or Yiddish "chutzpah".

The a vowel is as in "ah".

The i vowel is as in "ski".

Entry for Chladni:
http://216.156.253.178/CENTURY/09/index09.djvu?djvuopts&page=0247

Pronunciation key:
http://216.156.253.178/CENTURY/01/index00.djvu?djvuopts&page=17

Yes, you reeeeally ought to install the djvu plugin.
http://www.lizardtech.com/download/?f=0&d=1

It's nice to have a big dictionary.
Ten thousand large-format pages will suffice
for present purposes.