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Author Topic: Pronounciation guide to surnames  (Read 984 times)
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« on: August 30, 2005, 06:41:32 pm »

One way I get around this... whether I don't know the pronuciation or think someone else may be wrong.... is when I start to say the name, I preface it with the statement 'now, I'm afraid I'm going to butcher the pronuciation on your/her/his name'... and then make my best attempt.  I usually get a smile and either a correction or acknowledgement that it was correct or close, etc.  Now if its a case of someone else pronouncing it differently, might have a side conversation on why we think its pronounced however we feel it is.

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