Re: Kan(g)chenjunga


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Posted by Alan Hakim on March 26, 2003 at 18:38:36 from 212.137.211.226 user awhakim.

In Reply to: Re: Kan(g)chenjunga posted by John Lambert on March 25, 2003 at 07:47:07:

As others have said, there are many ways to transliterate languages. However, I was shocked by Gabriel Woolf's Swallowdale recording, where he pronounced it Can Chen Joon Ga throughout.
In fact, as with many transliterations by the British, the 'u' represents a short 'a' sound, so it's not 'joong' but 'jung' as in 'jungle' (in the South of England pronunciation). That's originally an 'a' too.
I have seen the mountain spelled Kanchenjanga as well.


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