On Monday 02 August 2010 09:10:37 Jan Engelhardt wrote:
On Monday 2010-08-02 04:44, Satoru Matsumoto wrote:
Hi Jos!
(2010/08/02 0:48), Jos Poortvliet wrote:
cheers, Jos
Welcome to openSUSE community!
By the way, would you please tell me how I should pronounce your name?
Is Jos pronounced "*y*os" like "Johan Cruijff" or "*j*os" like "Uncle Joe"? And, is Poortvliet pronounced as it is spelled - Poor-t-v-liet?
Oh dear. Forget about all the "pronounced as spelled"(PAS) quirk. It isn't meaningful in the English language: given 'a' [ˈeɪ], 'aboard' would be [ˈeɪ'beɪrd], [ˈe'berd] or [ˈɪ'bɪrd], not [ə'bɔːrd]. Spelling it Poor-t-v-liet and slapping an English pronunciation on top would make "poor TV leet", which is absurd.
(Cf. the "through" discussion in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IzDbNFDdP4 )
As for the pronunciation of Poortvliet, to best avoid confusion, IPA please. Or a .wav even.
Or don't bother with it. What's the fun if everyone already knows how to pronounce your name? But OK, as per the suggestion of Denver I'll think about a modern way of introducing myself to the kids here :D