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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Pronunciation

My daughter's name is Jowan (Jowan means rendezvous in Kurdish) . Its J is pronunced as G in the word "GENRE". In other words it's pronunciation in phonetics is "?w?n". My question is how I can spell her name to be pronunced correctly by an english speaker? Is it possible at all? Thanks.
  

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English speakers are notorious for mispronouncing unusual names no matter how they are spelt. I think 'Jwun' or 'Zhwun' is about as close as you could hope for.

— Mister Micawber

  • English speakers are notorious for mispronouncing unusual names no matter how they are spelt.
  • I think 'Jwun' or 'Zhwun' is about as close as you could hope for.
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English speakers are notorious for mispronouncing unusual names no matter how they are spelt. I think 'Jwun' or 'Zhwun' is about as close as you could hope for.
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Thank you Mister Micawber. It was helpful. By the way, are you a native English. I want it just for my reference.

Thanks again.
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Have you taken the time to examine my Profile, Kareem?
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Yes, I have. After sending my last message I noticed that I could examine your profile. And while examining your profile I wished I had a Mister Micawber here in my home town as well. We have a saying in Kurdish that says "Baghdad is too far for a poor man! ". Which means Japan is too far form me to come and enjoy your classes.
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