Archive for March, 2009

Top pronunciations in Italian

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

1. Ermenegildo Zegna
2. Gnocchi
3. Bvlgari
4. Lamborghini
5. Dolce & Gabbana
6. Versace
7. Moschino
8. Salvatore Ferragamo
9. Caprese
10. Bolognese

Vote for Forvo

Monday, March 16th, 2009

The spanish bank BBVA is running a contest for innovating projects. We are competing there, well, we are competing in tons of them ;) but this time we are lucky enough to be selected for the voting phase. So, if you want to help Forvo a little more, just place your vote here (no registration required) or using the widget below. Thanks everyone for your votes!

Stereotypical incomprehensibility

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Have you ever said “it sounds like greek to me“? It´s a common phrase when you don´t understand something. But what does a greek speaker say? and a spanish? There´s sort of a solution in this graph created by language log with many language relations.language relations

Top pronunciations in German

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

This time in German:

1. Gewehr
2. Arnold Schwarzenegger
3. Schadenfreude
4. Friedrich Nietzsche
5. Ich liebe dich!
6. Goethe
7. Porsche
8. Johann Pachelbel
9. Michael Schumacher
10. Beethoven