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Every now and then you need to speak to someone whose name you've got but you're struggling to pronounce. Most of the time you can 'phone up their office reception, call their voicemail or ask a colleague but sometimes you just need to know.
I propose a simple website where thoughtful types upload
audio files of their names pronounced so that all and sundry can get it right.
You'd probably want to say which country you're from too, as a Dylan here's not the same as a Dylan from somewhere else.
Pronunciation website
http://inogolo.com/...search=Search+Names
This kinda thing? [squeak, Oct 05 2007]
Proof
http://www.chkchkchk.net/
See? I wasn't making it up. [theleopard, Oct 06 2007]
Gilbert Alumni
http://www.gilbertalum.com/
Would this be useful on an Alumni website? [mickey, Jan 08 2008]
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Sounds practical, though I would still think there are some deviations in pronunciation, it would help.+ |
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IBM do this on their intranet, but an
internet site for general access would help |
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A friend of mine got irritated with people correcting a tutor in his first seminar at University. "Nice" pronounced "Niece" etc. He thought he'd take the mick by saying his surname, 'Rust' (pronounced - 'Rust'), was actually pronounced 'Roost'. However, his joke went unnoticed and he has been known as Roost ever since. Also Rooster, The Roost, Roostafaride and a miriad of other similarly adjusted Roost-based syllable combinations. |
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Unless the site looks up a specific person this would be a problem. I know of Talliaferro as an obvious one. It is sometimes pronounced as spelled, sometimes as Tolliver.
At least in the U.S. a person can pronounce their name any way they want to as long as there is no intent to defraud. One story, possibly apocryphal, tells of a family that changed their name to something long and hard to spell/say to meet the terms of a will, but pronounced it smith. |
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I know a Dr. Wanker, and also a Wan Kiew.
This doesn't help the discussion but I
wanted to mention it. |
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I've long planned to name my first born "!". Pronounced silently with just a look of open-mouthed surprise. And waggly jazz-hands. |
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I love the bakery. I love the ideas, I love {most} anno's. I love [lostdogs] "!" Im going to steal that and name my puppy "!" |
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There are some names being formulated here in the U.S. that could use a pronunciation guide. You cannot tell my looking at the name how it will be pronounced. |
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Really, if you're going to be making up a name, or pulling one of your ass, please include a pronunciation guide. Thanks. |
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[lostdog] there's a band called "!!!" which, I beleive, is pronounced, "check check check." |
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I bet they meant to call themselves 111 but just left caps lock on. |
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One thing I would find useful (and this
probably just reflect my ignorance) is a
guide as to which part of a name is the
"family" name and which is the "given".
For Asian names at least, I find it
confusing; it's made more so by the fact
that many people I correspond with will
rearrange their name (when writing to
westerners) to fit in with the "western"
style - so I'm left wondering. |
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Perhaps there should be a universal name which can be used when the target name's pronunciation is very unclear. |
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Lleewellyn would become 'Huanca' |
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Siobhan would become 'Huanca' |
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Razafindrandriatsimaniry would become 'Huanca' |
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Neilp would become 'Huanca' |
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Still trying to figure out how to pronounce "Domingue" as "phonetically". |
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Would "jutta" be on the list? (Not exactly
hard to pronounce, just often
mispronounced. Sorta the same?) |
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how is "Jutta" pronounced ? |
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[squeak] - yeah a bit like that, but not just English |
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I'm guilty of mispronouncing names and proud of it! Also, I spell things however they sound like they sound like they should be spelled too. But, sometimes you just got to get it right. [+] |
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Yes!!! I like!!! My surname is always mispronounced when it's read and always spelt wrong when it's heard, and it drives me round the bend. |
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Also, it's already spelt in a simplified way. If it were written "Mac an tSaoir Iubhair", which is the original spelling, you could probably count the number of people who pronounce it properly on the thumbs of one foot. |
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// I've long planned to name my first born "!". Pronounced silently with just a look of open-mouthed surprise. And waggly jazz-hands. // |
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Isn't that international sign language for "I need to piss now!" |
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It was actually a song by Pootie Tang |
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