Talk:Horned sungem

Pronunciation
How is "sungem" pronounced? /ˈsʌŋəm/, /ˈsʌŋgəm/ and /ˈsʌndʒəm/ seem equally intuitive. Other possibililties include /ɛ/ in place of /ə/, /u/ in place of /ʌ/ (quite likely if it's a borrowed word). — Smjg (talk) 15:48, 11 May 2024 (UTC)


 * We don't provide pronunciations for common language words such as "sun" and "gem" here in Wikipedia. Wiktionary is the place for this. See also WP:DICT. --Jens Lallensack (talk) 15:58, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
 * The word "sungem" is not the word "sun" or the word "gem". It is the word "sungem".  Threfore, that is totally irrelevant. — Smjg (talk) 17:33, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
 * It would be potentially relevant if we had actual evidence that it is derived as a compound of "sun" and "gem", but no such evidence has been given. But even if it is, this still doesn't prove that it's pronounced as the concatenation of the two words.  Look at "cupboard" for example. — Smjg (talk) 17:56, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
 * You can make permutations for any word with two vowels, doesn't mean that they're plausible. It's a fairly obvious compound word with an obvious pronunciation. AryKun (talk) 16:31, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Total nonsense. That is exactly like saying the word "father" is a fairly obvious compound word and claiming that it is obviously pronounced "fat-her" on this basis.
 * If you have a source for how the word is pronounced (i.e. an actual source, not a guess based on a wild guess that it's a compound of two words) then add the IPA to the article. If you don't, then just go away and stop giving us nonsense. — Smjg (talk) 17:33, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
 * https://www.oed.com/dictionary/sungem_n?tl=true Jesus man I'm not an idiot. AryKun (talk) 19:06, 11 May 2024 (UTC)