Help with pronouncing english words

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In summary: This is because they are taken from a popular song by Rick Astley. Nebagonagibuop and nebegonalepudown are not real words in the English language. They are made up by the author of the text. Rick Astley is an English singer whose song Never Gonna Give You Up was popular in the 1990s.
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So I was reading an english text and I enounctered the following strange words: nebagonagibuop and nebegonalepudown. It's a science-fiction text, so it doesn't mean anything. I just wanted to ask how people on this forum would pronounce these words??
 
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sie ense fik shun.

Edit: Oh, it's that Korean amateur singer. Rickrolled again.
 
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nebagonagibuop

NEB-a-gon-a-GIB...

Oh micro.
 
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Theeze wurdz? :uhh: :tongue2:
 
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micromass said:
So I was reading an english text and I enounctered the following strange words: nebagonagibuop and nebegonalepudown. It's a science-fiction text, so it doesn't mean anything. I just wanted to ask how people on this forum would pronounce these words??

ne - BAH - go - nah - GIBB - wop

and

ne - BAY - go - nah - LEP - yood - own

according to my dictionary of the Nebago Narunarunan Dezatuu language. In addition to complex patterns of pitch and inflection, proper pronunciation requires dancing awkwardly.
 
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micromass said:
nebagonagibuop

Fanshaw.

nebegonalepudown

Chumley.
 
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This guy will teach you how to pronounce them.
Pay attention to the way he uses his whole body while speaking. It's so majestic...
 
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:rofl:
 
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newlifeform said:
What is that ? Could you share the source of fun ? mee too888

I once learned to speak Guangdong language (Mandarin) by myself, I wrote down all things the speaker said like that and repeated before other Chinese, I made a big laugh for everyone.

Welcome Newlifeform, you are certainly new here. It's just a joke. Maybe you are not familiar with the internet meme "Rickroling". You may notice that these words vaguely resemble the the lyrics.
 

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