Just A Minute

On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Bill Robinson <airbaggins@...> wrote:

Heh. My wife is Bosnian-Serb and she pronounces it Новак Ђоковић (as in "jock"). Americans just don't seem to get on with that open back rounded 'o' sound sometimes. Well, that's a good half hour wasted reading random articles and listening to all kinds of vowels when I should be making dinner!

Just don't get started on the ć/ћ (ch) vs č/ч (ch) which sound identical to me.

On 26 March 2014 16:45, Steve Kenrick <steve.kenrick@...> wrote:

 

She may have been around for yonks, but it would still be a mistake to assume that everybody would pronounce her surname the same way.

Some people just see, hear or say things differently to the rest of us.

A good example of this is the surname of that tennis player whom our Andy beat in the final of Wimbledon 2013.

All of the British commentators, and all of the umpires (certainly at Wimbledon) pronounce the first syllable of his surname to sound like "jock". However, McEnroe and a lot of US commentators pronounce the same syllable to sound like "joke".

Who's right? Who knows?

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To: just-a-minute@...
From: sirnylon@...

Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:33:58 +1100

Subject: [just-a-minute] Re: #825 - Nicholas' foot-in-mouth

 

Rebecca has been around for yonks and the pronunciation of her name is well-known to all. And even if one had never encountered the name "Front", most people would default to its pronunciation as the noun "front."

A mis-saying of her name is not a big issue for me. Nicholas' extended explanation was what became increasingly uncomfortable. I must say I admired Rebecca's restraint as she explained the bleedin' obvious to him.

On Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Steve Kenrick <steve.kenrick@...> wrote:

 

I don't understand why it would be considered a cringeworthy moment.

People often choose to pronounce their surname differently to what might be expected.

Maybe your thought arose because, more often than not, Front would be pronounced to rhyme with punt or similar.

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To: just-a-minute@...
From: sirnylon@...
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 10:36:08 +1100
Subject: [just-a-minute] #825 - Nicholas' foot-in-mouth

 

What an cringeworthy moment at about the 16:00 mark when Nicholas asks Rebecca how to pronounce her surname!

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