Saturday, September 15, 2007

Talking Smart: Foreign Names

Gabor Király (Hun.)
In Hungarian language the "ly" is pronounced as [y], as in "boy": [gabor kiray].

Gary Doherty (Irl.)
In this Irish surname the "h" is mute.

Gary Loughran (Eng.)
This difficult English surname is pronounced like [loo-ran].

Guillaume Beuzelin (Fr.)
This French player should be pronounced as [giy-yom böz-len].

Harald Hjelseth Aksnes (Nor.)
In Norwegian language the starting "H" is mute before the "j": [harald yelset aksnes].

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