Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Correct Pronunciation of Foreign Names: Letter "E"

Egurе́n (Ur.)
Uruguayan defenseman Sebastian Eguren stresses the last syllable in his surname.

Estе́ban (Span.)
A Spanish name, stressed mostly incorrectly.

Evander (Eng.)
Outside of English-speaking world people tend to pronouce this name wrongly. It should sound this way: [ee-va'n-der].

Ewell (Eng.)
A tricky English surname is pronounced quite simply: [yool].

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