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How do you pronounce Rokerij?
Posted: Fri 31st Jul 2009 07:30 pm
by lucknumber13
Me and my mate call it rockery, rocker-eye, rockeridge cause we have no clue

Posted: Fri 31st Jul 2009 07:32 pm
by Kingdoc
LOl,Some people call it the De-Rockerij.
Posted: Fri 31st Jul 2009 07:43 pm
by Ingwey Gooblebogger
Duh Rohkery (or Duh Roe curry)
Posted: Fri 31st Jul 2009 08:15 pm
by lucknumber13
Thanks Ingwey, saved me from further embarrassment!

Posted: Fri 31st Jul 2009 08:29 pm
by Boner
Ij is pronouced eye isn't it? I'd go with Rokereye. (rokerij translates to rockery as well I think)
Posted: Fri 31st Jul 2009 08:46 pm
by Twichaldinho
Rokin is Smoking right?
Is it not like, The Smokery?
I may just be too high, lol.
I say Rock-er-aye, but with a dodgey Dutch porn accent

Posted: Fri 31st Jul 2009 09:33 pm
by Boner
Twichaldinho wrote:Rokin is Smoking right?
Is it not like, The Smokery?
I may just be too high, lol.
I say Rock-er-aye, but with a dodgey Dutch porn accent

Just been trying a few of the translators and 1 came back as Smokehouse.
http://translation.babylon.com/English/to-Dutch
Posted: Fri 31st Jul 2009 10:17 pm
by USbongLord
smokehouse is correct,,its tattooed on my arm...and rockery is corrcect
Posted: Fri 31st Jul 2009 10:24 pm
by TRANCE
"Everybody has a right to pronounce
foreign names as he chooses."
'Winston Churchill' Quote
(Extremely powerful quote, for the well tavelled, you won't forget)
Posted: Mon 3rd Aug 2009 11:01 pm
by Sombrero
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Posted: Tue 4th Aug 2009 10:49 am
by Simon
right boner!
ij = eye
ui = ow
its not 100% correct, but its not wrong either, try to listen, how the locals pronounce the words and you will be perfect soon... the best way to learn it is like with every other language, speak to the people
i think churchill is wrong on that one, i once saw an ad for a movie with uma thurman in french tv, after i heard, how they pronounced her name i had trouble finding the remote under all the blood that was dripping from my ears...
Posted: Tue 4th Aug 2009 06:12 pm
by cheese
i pronounce it rokereye as well... not sure if im right or not but i dont really care. i figure im close enough
Posted: Tue 4th Aug 2009 06:24 pm
by Simon
sure! i was talking about the "sound" of the language, im from germany.. even if i would speak dutch fluently, i wont sound like a local.
i think you cant write the pronounciation in english 100% correct, but its very close
Posted: Sun 9th Aug 2009 01:47 pm
by lucknumber13
Thanks everyone, 91 hours till I hit Rocker-eye!

Posted: Sun 9th Aug 2009 01:52 pm
by baked
actually it is more row k uh reye. I should know since I am a native speaker ^^