# Pronounce the name -- without looking it up somewhere...

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 17, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronounce-the-name-without-looking-it-up-somewhere/693370 "2014-07-17T16:33:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronounce-the-name-without-looking-it-up-somewhere/693370/1 "2014-07-17T16:33:20Z")

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Just for laughs and to see how wide the field may be, try your best to spell out your pronunciation for these people’s names.

Add some others of your own if you wonder how other people may pronounce them.

To start:

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Hatosy (as in Shawn)  
Bethshears (a Tennessee (at least) surname)  
Vincion (another Southern surname)  
Jodl (German WWII type)  
Dismukes (yet another Southern (at least) surname)  
DeRamus (ditto)

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Yours may be places and not people if that’s your thing.

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**Author:** ![Jsei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Jsei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jsei)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronounce-the-name-without-looking-it-up-somewhere/693370/2 "2014-07-17T17:09:27Z")

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Hatosy : Ha - toe - see  
Bethshears: Beth - sures  
Vincion: Vin - chin  
Jodl: Joe - dull (Jaw - dell?)  
Dismukes: Des - mucks  
DeRamus: Duh - rahm - muss (the m’s murky muddled, here)

I’ll add (surnames I’ve encountered in life):

Ng  
Alio  
Schlosser  
Arey

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**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronounce-the-name-without-looking-it-up-somewhere/693370/3 "2014-07-17T17:37:30Z")

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Hatosy (as in Shawn) — **Hat-toe-see**  
Bethshears (a Tennessee (at least) surname) — **Beth-shears**  
Vincion (another Southern surname) — **Vin-see-on**  
Jodl (German WWII type) — **Joe-dull**  
Dismukes (yet another Southern (at least) surname) — **Diss-mewks**  
DeRamus (ditto) — **Dee-rah-muss**

Yeah, I’m not very creative in my pronunciations. My go to rule on pronouncing new words is that I’ll pronounce it exactly like its spelled and someone can correct me later. After the debacle of “Siobhan” I just gave up

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**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronounce-the-name-without-looking-it-up-somewhere/693370/4 "2014-07-17T18:03:42Z")

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> [@Zeldar](#):
>
> Just for laughs and to see how wide the field may be, try your best to spell out your pronunciation for these people’s names.
> 
> Add some others of your own if you wonder how other people may pronounce them.
> 
> To start:
> 
> ====================================
> 
> Hatosy (as in Shawn)  
> Bethshears (a Tennessee (at least) surname)  
> Vincion (another Southern surname)  
> Jodl (German WWII type)  
> Dismukes (yet another Southern (at least) surname)  
> DeRamus (ditto)
> 
> ====================================
> 
> Yours may be places and not people if that’s your thing.

Hatosy - Hah-TOE-see  
Bethshears - BETH-shurz  
Vincion - VIN-shin  
Jodl - YOE-dul  
Dismukes - DIZZ-mooks  
DeRamus - Duh-RAM-us

Ng - ANG  
Alio - A-LEE-oh  
Schlosser - SHLOSS-er  
Arey -Airy

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronounce-the-name-without-looking-it-up-somewhere/693370/5 "2014-07-17T18:25:57Z")

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Yodel. Maybe swallow the “e” a bit. Or alternatively, “[Oops](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Jodl#Post_mortem_rehabilitation)!”