How do you pronounce my name?

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Hello, my name is George Tiganus, I am from Romania and I really need to know how my last name could be pronounced in English.

The romanian pronounciation involves some letters that don't exist in the English language.
If I told you my name is "Tiganus", I bet you wouldn't even try to pronounce it

So I am very interested in finding out how do you say "Tiganus" when you read it?
Does it look odd and impossible to pronounce?

Thank you very much for your help.
George

Matthew.90 · Accepted Answer

For all i knew proper nouns is pronounced like your own language
Eg;I'm turkish and We don't pronounce as turkish name of stranger soccer players How he pronounces his own name. We pronounce likewise

Raindoctor · Answer

A caveat: Anglicized pronunciation is different from your native pronunciation. Anglicized pronunciation: ta?'ge?nus

a? = like in tiger
e? = like in yay, hey
u = like in bus

Raindoctor · Answer

Matthew.90For all i knew proper nouns is pronounced like your own languageEg;I'm turkish and We don't pronounce as turkish name of stranger soccer players How he pronounces his own name. We pronounce likewise

That's a mistake on your part: look at all English words borrowed into Turkish, and see how they are pronounced, and how they are stressed or not stressed. This is part of "Loan word phonology". In fact, pronouncing foreign names in your native language requires mastery of your native language. For instance, the original poster might be living in, say, the United States, for a decade: he can't force Americans his own Romanian pronunciation. People who don't know about languages make all inane claims like "pronounce like its pronounced in original language".

BarbaraPA · Answer

If I heard you say your name, I would try to say it the same way. However, let's say I was handed a list of names to read and had no idea how to say them in their native way. I would say:

tih-GAIN-us

There was a famous diver named Greg Louganis - I would make it rhyme with that, if I didn't know better.

Deborah_d · Answer

I agree, I'd say tih-GAIN-us.

Park panda 59 · Answer

<p>Huchon</p>

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