/kREsdj&n jEns@n/ wrote:
> Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> >
> >> Oct 25, 2000 at 02:04:57PM -0400@
> >>
> >> Alternatively, why don't you "adopt" a German first name, then? ;-)
> >
> ><sniff> I would if he'd adopt a Korean name. Make it easier on my poor
> >Korean relatives who can't at all pronounce "Betzwieser," as opposed to
> >his relatives, who have no problem with "Yoon" or "Lee." I see no reason
to
>
> Doesn't he accept the Koreanized version of "Betzwieser"? My
> father's name is Hartvig Jensen [ha:dvi:? jEns@n], which always
> gets rendered as Heartbig Jensen [hartbig dZEnsEn] by my Filipino
> relatives. My father has no problem with that. Similarly, my
> Danish name ought to be pronounced as [kREsdj&n], but I don't
> mind if it gets rendered another way.
>
Ohho! In my mind I've always rendered it as /kristjan dZEnsEn/.
Luca