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Re: YAEPT: How you pronunce foreign place names

From:Eugene Oh <un.doing@...>
Date:Saturday, January 27, 2007, 2:40
Oh and it's [ʨʏn].

2007/1/27, Eugene Oh <un.doing@...>:
> The tones are 4 and 1 respectively, i.e. high falling and high. It's a > rather common and standard name, which means "handsome and glorious". > > 2007/1/26, Steven Williams <feurieaux@...>: > > --- Kinetic <kinetic_wab@...> schrieb: > > > > > As an aside, I'm reminded of a guy I saw on TV > > > recently (on > > > the snooker) whose name was "Junhui"; they were > > > pronouncing it > > > /dZVN'wi:/ as far as I recall. What's it supposed > > > to be, OOI? > > > > [d_z\Yn.XwEi]. I don't know about tones, though; > > Chinese given names can be pretty much anything... > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > Telefonate ohne weitere Kosten vom PC zum PC: http://messenger.yahoo.de > > >

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