User talk:Qiu Ennan

Please stop adding wrong pronunciations!
On "militarily" you stressed the wrong syllable. On "media" you got the middle vowel wrong (and deleted an existing pronunciation that was fine). Equinox ◑ 15:00, 30 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Militarily is meant to be stressed on the first syllable in British English according to the Oxford Dictionary - for media, the existing one was wrong (it was | ˈɔːdiəns | when it's meant to be | ˈɔːdɪəns |) Qiu Ennan (talk) 15:07, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
 * By the way, do you mind if I put my pronunciation back for media? It corresponds to | ˈmiːdɪə | (the pronunciation given by the Oxford Dictionary) Qiu Ennan (talk) 15:11, 30 October 2022 (UTC)


 * I disagree and will start a discussion at WT:BP. Equinox ◑ 15:23, 30 October 2022 (UTC)


 * When I listen to your clips, you are stressing the second syllable of "militarily"; and your middle vowel in "media" sounds much more like /eɪ/. If you have a particular accent like (say) Hong Kong, you need to make this clear on your audio or it is very misleading. Equinox ◑ 15:25, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I've listened to them again, and I don't think my pronunciation matches that IPA. Let's wait for other people to weigh in. By the way, I don't have a particular accent, I'm just pronouncing the words according to the IPA Qiu Ennan (talk) 15:30, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
 * We all have accents, and that is an inescapable fact. As a native British English speaker I have reverted all of these, as the recordings simply don't match how the words are actually said in the UK (in any region). Audio pronunciations where you specify a particular accent practically require that you actually do have that accent, as they're so difficult to get right. Theknightwho (talk) 23:14, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
 * My pronunciations match those given by the Oxford Dictionary, and if you're going to say they don't, then you must elaborate and explain which part does not. Besides, I do speak British English - so I do have this accent. Qiu Ennan (talk) 02:19, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi, just trying to help convey the problem a bit: Wiktionary is a descriptive source, which means that the listed IPA is a transcription of how people actually say a term, not a prescription for how they should say it. This means that if you add an audio pronunciation of a term you should say it the way you normally say the word, not by artificially conforming your pronunciation to whatever the OED (or Wiktionary itself) states. —Al-Muqanna المقنع (talk) 14:58, 31 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Oh okay, that's what I thought I should do, but then I feel like if I do that, my pronunciation might not match the standard one given? Qiu Ennan (talk) 00:50, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
 * That's fine (and encouraged). Just add a note stating what accent it is. Theknightwho (talk) 00:57, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Okay; by the way, I don't think all the pronunciations I added were wrong (i.e. octane and homoeostasis), so can you reinstate them? I don't think those needed to be removed. Qiu Ennan (talk) 02:14, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Babel
Greetings, would you add Babel to your user page? It is not mandatory, but useful. --Dan Polansky (talk) 15:37, 30 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Sure, how do you do that? Qiu Ennan (talk) 15:39, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
 * You place somethings like of en to your user page. At a minimum, you can use en if applicable. --Dan Polansky (talk) 15:41, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
 * All right, I added it to my user page Qiu Ennan (talk) 15:47, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

Militarily
In, I hear something like "militali". No matter how hard I try, what I hear seems wrong. I listened to audio from M-W online for militarily and it sounded right. --Dan Polansky (talk) 17:07, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

Your L1
What is your L1? And how would you feel about Englishman recording Chinese audio? Equinox ◑ 03:59, 4 November 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm half-British, mate. And English is my first language. Also, yes, I wouldn't mind Englishmen recording Chinese audio if it was actually correct. Qiu Ennan (talk) 04:07, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Also, why did you revert my edit on 'temporarily'? Which part is wrong? Please explain. Qiu Ennan (talk) 04:08, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Wait, why did you block me again? That's ridiculous; I made two good-faith, helpful edits and that's vandalism? Qiu Ennan (talk) 04:16, 4 November 2022 (UTC)