Names you don't know how to pronounce

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Anonymous wrote:I have trouble saying Aric. I just say Eric but I know it's subtly different.

Can someone address Ng?

Ing

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Anonymous wrote:I have trouble saying Aric. I just say Eric but I know it's subtly different.

Can someone address Ng?

Ing

Nang like how you would pronounce bang

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Net-a-porter

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Bayalage

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Anonymous wrote:Delavagnine (sp?) as in Cara Delavagnine
Bon Iver
Nyongo (sp?) as in Lupita

Bon Iver is pronounced like "Bonny vair"

The other two are just phonetic. Nee-yongo and Della-veen

Phonetic - really? Delavagnine is hardly phonetic in the English language! Unless it's pronounced Della-VAG-nine. . .

Yeah, Delevingne isn't phonetically pronounced at all in English. Della-ving-nee? Della-vin-in-in? That extra -gne at the end sort of throw things off.

Yeah I would have said Dell-a-va-NYEEN, emphasis on the last syllable (like Agnes in French is Ah-nyes), but I have never heard this name before so I don't know.

Del-a-VIN-yay

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Anonymous wrote:When I was growing up, in NY, there were actually slightly different pronunciations for:

Carrie
Kerry

It's all the same to me.

I'm from NY, and those are completely different pronunciations. The PP who hears Aaron/ Erin the same with the "American" (you do realize there are different accents in different parts of America, right?) accent, Aaron is pronounced with a short A like arrow. Erin is pronounced with a short E like error.

Oh, but wait. Arrow and Error (Airrow and Airrer) have the same beginning. Native New Englander but not with the weird Boston accent part.

No New Englander I've known says airrer for error, lol. In the NE I know, arrow and error do not have the same beginning. One starts with "air," the other starts with "eh."

Someone above mentioned Barry vs. berry. Again, these are two different sounds in NE: one starts with "bair" (rhymes with air), the other starts with "beh"-- the same "e" sound in the name "Ed."

The same is true with Carrie/Kerry, Aaron/Erin, and Mary/merry.

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Gauche
Gala

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Anonymous wrote:When I was growing up, in NY, there were actually slightly different pronunciations for:

Carrie
Kerry

It's all the same to me.

I'm from NY, and those are completely different pronunciations. The PP who hears Aaron/ Erin the same with the "American" (you do realize there are different accents in different parts of America, right?) accent, Aaron is pronounced with a short A like arrow. Erin is pronounced with a short E like error.

Oh, but wait. Arrow and Error (Airrow and Airrer) have the same beginning. Native New Englander but not with the weird Boston accent part.

No New Englander I've known says airrer for error, lol. In the NE I know, arrow and error do not have the same beginning. One starts with "air," the other starts with "eh."

Someone above mentioned Barry vs. berry. Again, these are two different sounds in NE: one starts with "bair" (rhymes with air), the other starts with "beh"-- the same "e" sound in the name "Ed."

The same is true with Carrie/Kerry, Aaron/Erin, and Mary/merry.

Nope. Maine here. Please just accept that it is also regional within new england.

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Anonymous wrote:Net-a-porter

Net ah por TAY

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Anonymous wrote:Gauche
Gala

G long o sh

Gala... either way:

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/pronunciation/american/gala

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Candida
Tamara

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Anonymous wrote:When I was growing up, in NY, there were actually slightly different pronunciations for:

Carrie
Kerry

It's all the same to me.

I'm from NY, and those are completely different pronunciations. The PP who hears Aaron/ Erin the same with the "American" (you do realize there are different accents in different parts of America, right?) accent, Aaron is pronounced with a short A like arrow. Erin is pronounced with a short E like error.

Oh, but wait. Arrow and Error (Airrow and Airrer) have the same beginning. Native New Englander but not with the weird Boston accent part.

No New Englander I've known says airrer for error, lol. In the NE I know, arrow and error do not have the same beginning. One starts with "air," the other starts with "eh."

Someone above mentioned Barry vs. berry. Again, these are two different sounds in NE: one starts with "bair" (rhymes with air), the other starts with "beh"-- the same "e" sound in the name "Ed."

The same is true with Carrie/Kerry, Aaron/Erin, and Mary/merry.

As a PP noted above, with the STANDARD English pronunciation, it's as simple as knowing the difference between short a sound and short e sound. I don't know why everyone's bringing regional pronunciations into this. This is not a debate.

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Anonymous wrote:Buoy

Boo-eee

And that's also how to pronounce Bowie, MD, right?

Yes

Yes, but not David Bowie.

Funny story: I grew up in Maryland, and for the longest time thought his name was pronounced like the town. Oops.

Hahaha I grew up in Bowie, and never noticed they're the same spelling. Maybe because the artist name always has David in front of it.

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That German word for feeling joy at other people's misfortune.

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I think a lot of these would be cleared up if they taught a French class in school. I only learned Spanish which is pronounced for the most part just how it sounds. I don't understand French pronunciation at all.