Anthere wrote:
When I met Gerard in Rotterdam, he said "hi, I am
Gerard". I answered
I did not know him... Could not recognise a name though it is a name
used in France...he had to spell it :-)
ant
Hoi,
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Nl-Gerard.ogg If you want to
hear how I pronounce my name. I would be really happy to have words
(including names) in many languages. So, a French Gerard or an English
Gerard would be appreciated. :) One Dutch Gerard is enough I think .. :)
Sabine has started an article on the Italian wiktionary,
http://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/Giovanni_Paolo_II it shows how the pope's
name is written in many languages. It would be cool to have the
pronunciations here as well. I had already started this .. :)
Thanks,
GerardM
Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales a écrit:
David Gerard wrote:
By the way, I would strongly questoin
GerardM's assertion that the
person's
way of pronouncing their name is *correct*, in the sense of people
pronouncing it differently being *incorrect*.
:-) As a matter of courtesy I try really hard to pronounce GerardM's
name in the way that he does (Dutch way) but it's basically impossible
for me, and feels embarassing. So I vary between just giving up and
pronouncing it the American way, and mangling it. ;-)
--Jimbo