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Electronics => RF, Microwave, Ham Radio => Topic started by: pdenisowski on February 28, 2023, 03:10:37 pm

Title: Pronunciation of "Friis"
Post by: pdenisowski on February 28, 2023, 03:10:37 pm
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)
Title: Re: Pronunciation of "Friis"
Post by: JohanH on February 28, 2023, 03:18:45 pm
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.
Title: Re: Pronunciation of "Friis"
Post by: JohanH on February 28, 2023, 03:30:15 pm
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.
Title: Re: Pronunciation of "Friis"
Post by: JohanH on February 28, 2023, 03:33:10 pm
(The name comes of course originally from the Frisian Islands).
Title: Re: Pronunciation of "Friis"
Post by: pdenisowski on February 28, 2023, 04:10:58 pm
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!