Show THE LANGUAGE OF not particularly hard to acquire says a traveler it Is not very bard to acquire tha correct pronunciation of korean words geographical names if you follow the advice of perceval val lowell a dweller in the far east and other pioneer authorities the simple vowels a 1 and u are to be pronounced as in italian A specialized korean vowel such as occurs in soul sometimes called seoul the korean capital has a peculiar sound which Is said to vary from the french e mute and a short u to a degenerate it Is not so un like our own pronunciation of the word soul it we had a little drawl and closing of the lips over the so of the word so as to make it two syl bables instead of one the german with the la said to be an approximation but a pennsylvania traveler who penetrated to borea gave authority of soul as a good enough pronunciation three sounds of e pronounced al el and ol 01 originally korean dip thongs are now pronounced as single vowel sounds as described above the intercalated h Is often introduced to increase the aspiration ot the next letter and this Is further in creased by reduplicating the letter as for example whang or chhung philadelphia record |