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Re: Pronunciation of the author's names
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Eduardo Vieira |
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Re: Pronunciation of the author's names |
Date: |
Wed, 21 Jun 2006 07:09:08 -0300 |
Thank you! Now I have an idea.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Han-Wen Nienhuys" <address@hidden>
To: "Shamus" <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 8:06 AM
Subject: Re: Pronunciation of the author's names
> Shamus schreef:
>>> Meeting Han-Wen last time I asked him how the name `Nieuwenhuizen'
>>> actually does sound. To make it short: I'll stay with `Jan' and
>>> `Han-Wen'.
>>
>> I'll take a stab at it, though I'm no expert at this kind of thing (the
>> words nine, when, and zen are the American English pronunciations): :-)
>>
>> Nienhuys --> nine - hyoos
>> Nieuwenhuizen --> nee - oo - when - hoo - zen
>>
>> Note that there are no accent marks given; my best guess is that they
>> would fall on the second to last syllable in each case. This is also
>> most likely the wrong pronunciation in any case.
>>
>> So how did I do? Did I get anywhere close? :-)
>
> close but not quite:
>
> nienhuys = 'neen huh-iss
> nieuwenhuizen = 'nee wunn huh-izz zunn
>
> (where huh-i is a monosyllabic dipthong, so slide from uh to ih smoothly.)
>
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