tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post4058947120762136516..comments2023-10-15T10:29:12.991+01:00Comments on Karyn's erratic learning journey: What's in a name?The upsychohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345558899662051670noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-5549381069360718592007-11-30T00:41:00.000+00:002007-11-30T00:41:00.000+00:00Giving feedback for an online Masters class, I act...Giving feedback for an online Masters class, I actually mentioned this as a problem. I had many classmates from around the world with names I wasn't sure how to pronounce. Makes me wonder if they should have had a pronunciation guide within the profiles...Janet Clareyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00365206004980105033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-84830555322127892432007-11-25T19:28:00.000+00:002007-11-25T19:28:00.000+00:00And how do you pronounce those, Grainne? I've ofte...And how do you pronounce those, Grainne? I've often wondered. In fact, I realised after I had published this post that yours would have been a great name to include as an example of a fellow "sufferer".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-29970293166203254842007-11-23T20:11:00.000+00:002007-11-23T20:11:00.000+00:00Boy do I relate to this - both my names are a nigh...Boy do I relate to this - both my names are a nightmare!! Gráinne conole!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-854386426465356382007-11-21T12:25:00.000+00:002007-11-21T12:25:00.000+00:00Anamaria - Just in case Mark doesn't pick up your ...Anamaria - Just in case Mark doesn't pick up your question, you are exactly right. The emphasis is on the second syllable and the "th" is soft as in "thin", not hard as in "this".<BR/><BR/>What I find with Mark's name is that people not only mispronounce it - they often scramble it completely. Poor guy gets called things like Bethlehem and Bartholomew.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-11800971240665145112007-11-21T11:47:00.000+00:002007-11-21T11:47:00.000+00:00Hi Karyn. I was happy to see that I've pronounced ...Hi Karyn. I was happy to see that I've pronounced your name correctly. In fact, I think any Portuguese speaker would pronounce it exactly the same.<BR/><BR/>BTW, Mark... what's the stressed syllable in Berthelemy? I've always stressed the 'the'...Anamaria Camargohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07759150505762566628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-54620507209143752412007-11-19T22:02:00.000+00:002007-11-19T22:02:00.000+00:00Mark - I'll bet I wouldn't! ;-)Mark - I'll bet I wouldn't! ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-62415820694238476332007-11-19T21:53:00.000+00:002007-11-19T21:53:00.000+00:00Harold - Sorry to have deprived you of your ace-in...Harold - Sorry to have deprived you of your ace-in-the-hole, but wow! That wasn't even on my list of possibilities. I figured on the French connection, but kind of assumed that that had something to do with being Canadian... just goes to show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-20760726150390678202007-11-19T21:34:00.000+00:002007-11-19T21:34:00.000+00:00You'd be surprised how many ways people find to pr...You'd be surprised how many ways people find to pronounce "Berthelemy" - even though it's actually written phonetically!Mark Berthelemyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13986062441517272068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-57624076867745794442007-11-19T20:46:00.000+00:002007-11-19T20:46:00.000+00:00You're asking for my trade secret, Karyn ;-)One wa...You're asking for my trade secret, Karyn ;-)<BR/><BR/>One way I have been able to tell very quickly if a caller is known to me is how they pronounce my last name.<BR/><BR/>Pronunciation of my last name comes with a little history. The name is German; my parents immigrated in 1956 (we think that the name has Huguenot roots, and comes from "Arché" or Archer). In Germany it is pronounced either yar-ka or yar-chay. When my parents moved to the wild woods of British Columbia, no one could pronounce their name so they decided to completely anglicize it. Therefore, on my side of the family, it is pronounced jar-key.<BR/><BR/>There, the secret is out.Harold Jarchehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11462304722726586155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-38567200831617409002007-11-19T17:43:00.000+00:002007-11-19T17:43:00.000+00:00I know exactly what you mean about that reading vo...I know exactly what you mean about that reading voice, Doug - mine says Harold's surname in three different ways before allowing me to move on to the next word!<BR/><BR/>Names matter, and I do always try to get them right, if I can.<BR/><BR/>I have a friend in Cape Town called Jacques, pronounced "Frenchly" as a single syllable with a soft J: Zhahk. Lovely name. Some years ago, he installed a cutting edge speaking gizmo onto a new computer he had bought, programmed it to have a sultry female voice and booted up. It greeted him in a US west coast accent: "Hi Jakes". He was devastated!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-32247936081623047062007-11-19T17:16:00.000+00:002007-11-19T17:16:00.000+00:00Thanks Karyn. The three syllable one was the defau...Thanks Karyn. The three syllable one was the default version my 'reading voice' threw up every time I came across your name. I now know better! :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-28217243584692366752007-11-19T17:02:00.000+00:002007-11-19T17:02:00.000+00:00You're not alone in that, Cammy. That one would be...You're not alone in that, Cammy. That one would be top of the (very long) list of pronunciations we get. Next would be the inexplicable three syallable row-MAY-iss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-38011822615107658222007-11-19T16:54:00.000+00:002007-11-19T16:54:00.000+00:00Thank you for explaining this! I had always assum...Thank you for explaining this! I had always assumed your S was silent, with a Latin flair -- Ro-may.Cammy Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14164253880427035485noreply@blogger.com