Anonymous
Post 04/25/2012 22:08     Subject: Names (Last and First) that are not pronounced the way that they appear

Joachim
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2012 22:07     Subject: Names (Last and First) that are not pronounced the way that they appear

Saoirce (sorsha)
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2012 22:06     Subject: Names (Last and First) that are not pronounced the way that they appear

Anonymous wrote:How do you pronounce Nguyen?


Gwen.
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2012 22:03     Subject: Names (Last and First) that are not pronounced the way that they appear

How do you pronounce Nguyen?
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2012 21:50     Subject: Names (Last and First) that are not pronounced the way that they appear

Niamh, pronounced Neeve (also Irish).
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2012 21:43     Subject: Names (Last and First) that are not pronounced the way that they appear

A lot of times J is pronounce like a Y
Sonja is Sonya
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2012 21:21     Subject: Re:Names (Last and First) that are not pronounced the way that they appear

Eion is the Irish spelling for Owen and pronounced the same way.
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2012 21:16     Subject: Re:Names (Last and First) that are not pronounced the way that they appear

Krzyzewski is Sha-shef-ski
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2012 21:15     Subject: Names (Last and First) that are not pronounced the way that they appear

Phoebe

Feebee
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2012 21:09     Subject: Names (Last and First) that are not pronounced the way that they appear

Ciaran is KEERan

Cesare is cheZURay

Anonymous
Post 04/25/2012 20:47     Subject: Names (Last and First) that are not pronounced the way that they appear

Ianthe is pronounced "Yantay"
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2012 20:47     Subject: Names (Last and First) that are not pronounced the way that they appear

Well, Sean isn't "seen"
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2012 20:46     Subject: Re:Names (Last and First) that are not pronounced the way that they appear

Eilidh is a Scottish name pronounced like Ailey.
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2012 20:35     Subject: Re:Names (Last and First) that are not pronounced the way that they appear

Siobhan is an Irish girls name that I've actually been seeing/hearing more of lately. It's pronounced like "Shiv-awn"
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2012 20:30     Subject: Names (Last and First) that are not pronounced the way that they appear

What are some and how are they actually pronounced?

I am new to an industry where I am finding the need to ask the person how to pronounce their last name or first name.