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Electronics => RF, Microwave, Ham Radio => Topic started by: pdenisowski on February 28, 2023, 03:10:37 pm
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I have always pronounced this like the English word "freeze," /friz/ but I've also heard it pronounced as "frees" /fris/ and even "frihs" /frɪs/
I'm preparing a video where I talk about the Friis equation and want to see if I'm going to catch heat for pronouncing it the way I always do :)
[Don't laugh: I've had people criticize the way I pronounce VSWR (viz-wahr) and NVIS (nih-vuhs) in previous videos]
Thanks!
(Edit: added IPA)
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The name Friis is originally Danish. Correct pronunciation would be "frihs" or "frees" (vocal sound as in "beat"). I'm not a native English speaker so I wouldn't know the difference between "frees" and "frihs"; sounds the same to me. But definitely not "freeze", as the z-sound doesn't really exist in Danish.
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And the R-sound should actually sound like a French R if we are picky. IPA spelling of "Friis" would be [fʁiˀs]. In real Danish, the vocal (i) should be followed by "ˀ" (Stød), which is a form of glottal stop and btw. also impossible for me to pronounce as Swedish speaker. So I'm happily pronouncing "i" as a longer vocal there instead.
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(The name comes of course originally from the Frisian Islands).
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And the R-sound should actually sound like a French R if we are picky. IPA spelling of "Friis" would be [fʁiˀs]. In real Danish, the vocal (i) should be followed by "ˀ" (Stød), which is a form of glottal stop and btw. also impossible for me to pronounce as Swedish speaker. So I'm happily pronouncing "i" as a longer vocal there instead.
A man who know his phonology and can figure out how to type IPA :) Thanks!