Friday, October 12, 2007

Talking Smart: Foreign Names

David Šmahaj (Czech.)
[shmagay]

Decebal Gheară (Rom.)
[dechebal gia-re]


Djordje Babalj (Croat.)
[jorje babal] - "j" here is English, while "l" is mild as in French.

Dmitri Khokhlov (Rus.)
[hohlov]
or [jojlov] for the Spaniards.

Dmitri Sytchev
[si-chov]
, the second syllable is stressed.

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