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Proper names (given or surname) that (to English speakers anyway) are not pronounced like they are spelled

  1. Siobhan (shi-VAWN, or something like it)
  2. Francois (fran-SWAH)
35985

Proper names (given or surname) that (to English speakers anyway) are not pronounced like they are spelled

  1. Siobhan (shi-VAWN, or something like it)
  2. Francois (fran-SWAH)

:dubious: Really?

35986

Proper names (given or surname) that (to English speakers anyway) are not pronounced like they are spelled

  1. Siobhan (shi-VAWN, or something like it)
  2. Francois (fran-SWAH)
  3. Nguyen (win)
35987

Yeah, but it’s not “win,” it’s more like “Noo-in.”

35988

Proper names (given or surname) that (to English speakers anyway) are not pronounced like they are spelled

  1. Siobhan (shi-VAWN, or something like it)
  2. Francois (fran-SWAH)
  3. Nguyen
  4. Sean
35989

Proper names (given or surname) that (to English speakers anyway) are not pronounced like they are spelled

  1. Siobhan (shi-VAWN, or something like it)
  2. Francois (fran-SWAH)
  3. Nguyen (new-WIN)
  4. Sean (SHAWN)
  5. Rossetta (row-ZET-ta)
35990

Proper names (given or surname) that (to English speakers anyway) are not pronounced like they are spelled

  1. Siobhan (shi-VAWN, or something like it)
  2. Francois (fran-SWAH)
  3. Nguyen
  4. Sean
  5. Featherstonehaugh (old English name that even English speakers often don’t know should be pronounced “Fenshaw”)
35991

Proper names (given or surname) that (to English speakers anyway) are not pronounced like they are spelled

  1. Siobhan (shi-VAWN, or something like it)
  2. Francois (fran-SWAH)
  3. Nguyen
  4. Sean
  5. Featherstonehaugh (old English name that even English speakers often don’t know should be pronounced “Fenshaw”)
  6. St.John (Sin-jun)

Except for when it’s pronounced Saint John.
(Is the London area pronounced Saint John’s Wood or Sin-Juan’s wood?)

35992

Proper names (given or surname) that (to English speakers anyway) are not pronounced like they are spelled

  1. Siobhan (shi-VAWN, or something like it)
  2. Francois (fran-SWAH)
  3. Nguyen
  4. Sean
  5. Featherstonehaugh (old English name that even English speakers often don’t know should be pronounced “Fenshaw”)
  6. St.John (Sin-jun)
  7. Chomondeley (“Chumley”)
35993

Proper names (given or surname) that (to English speakers anyway) are not pronounced like they are spelled

  1. Siobhan (shi-VAWN, or something like it)
  2. Francois (fran-SWAH)
  3. Nguyen
  4. Sean
  5. Featherstonehaugh (old English name that even English speakers often don’t know should be pronounced “Fenshaw”)
  6. St.John (Sin-jun)
  7. Chomondeley (“Chumley”)
  8. Favre (NFL QB, everybody pronounces it as “Farve”.
35994

I know that it’s technically nwin but it sounds a lot more like win than noo-in to your average English speaker.

How To Pronounce Nguyen
How to pronounce Nguyễn in Vietnamese
How to say Nguyen
How To Pronounce Nguyễn

35995

Proper names (given or surname) that (to English speakers anyway) are not pronounced like they are spelled

  1. Siobhan (shi-VAWN, or something like it)
  2. Francois (fran-SWAH)
  3. Nguyen
  4. Sean
  5. Featherstonehaugh (old English name that even English speakers often don’t know should be pronounced “Fenshaw”)
  6. St.John (Sin-jun)
  7. Chomondeley (“Chumley”)
  8. Favre (NFL QB, everybody pronounces it as “Farve”.
  9. Tadhg - An Irish name. It basically sounds like Tiger without the er.
35996

Proper names (given or surname) that (to English speakers anyway) are not pronounced like they are spelled

  1. Siobhan (shi-VAWN, or something like it)
  2. Francois (fran-SWAH)
  3. Nguyen
  4. Sean
  5. Featherstonehaugh (old English name that even English speakers often don’t know should be pronounced “Fenshaw”)
  6. St.John (Sin-jun)
  7. Chomondeley (“Chumley”)
  8. Favre (NFL QB, everybody pronounces it as “Farve”.
  9. Tadhg - An Irish name. It basically sounds like Tiger without the er.
  10. Beauchamp- often pronounced Beech-ham
35997

Proper names (given or surname) that (to English speakers anyway) are not pronounced like they are spelled

  1. Siobhan (shi-VAWN, or something like it)
  2. Francois (fran-SWAH)
  3. Nguyen
  4. Sean
  5. Featherstonehaugh (old English name that even English speakers often don’t know should be pronounced “Fenshaw”)
  6. St.John (Sin-jun)
  7. Chomondeley (“Chumley”)
  8. Favre (NFL QB, everybody pronounces it as “Farve”.
  9. Tadhg - An Irish name. It basically sounds like Tiger without the er.
  10. Beauchamp- often pronounced Beech-ham
  11. Aoife- Irish, Eva.
35998

Proper names (given or surname) that (to English speakers anyway) are not pronounced like they are spelled

  1. Siobhan (shi-VAWN, or something like it)
  2. Francois (fran-SWAH)
  3. Nguyen
  4. Sean
  5. Featherstonehaugh (old English name that even English speakers often don’t know should be pronounced “Fenshaw”)
  6. St.John (Sin-jun)
  7. Chomondeley (“Chumley”)
  8. Favre (NFL QB, everybody pronounces it as “Farve”.
  9. Tadhg - An Irish name. It basically sounds like Tiger without the er.
  10. Beauchamp- often pronounced Beech-ham
  11. Aoife- Irish, Eva.
  12. Saoirse - Another Irish one. Pronounced SEER-sha.
35999

Proper names (given or surname) that (to English speakers anyway) are not pronounced like they are spelled

  1. Siobhan (shi-VAWN, or something like it)
  2. Francois (fran-SWAH)
  3. Nguyen
  4. Sean
  5. Featherstonehaugh (old English name that even English speakers often don’t know should be pronounced “Fenshaw”)
  6. St.John (Sin-jun)
  7. Chomondeley (“Chumley”)
  8. Favre (NFL QB, everybody pronounces it as “Farve”.
  9. Tadhg - An Irish name. It basically sounds like Tiger without the er.
  10. Beauchamp- often pronounced Beech-ham
  11. Aoife- Irish, Eva.
  12. Saoirse - Another Irish one. Pronounced SEER-sha.
  13. Leicester ("Lester), Worcester (“Wooster”), Gloucester (“Glowster”) – the silent -ces is prevalent in British English.

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  2. h-bar
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Non-integer numbers.

  1. Pi
  2. h-bar
  3. √2
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Non-integer numbers.

  1. Pi
  2. h-bar
  3. √2
  4. i (√-1)
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Non-integer numbers.

  1. Pi
  2. h-bar
  3. √2
  4. i (√-1)
  5. e, for Euler