Of course. But even with no training in Dutch, it's easy to guess that the proper pronunciation is somewhat like an Englishman's pronunciation of "ard".
Few languages written in the Roman alphabet use "a" for an /e/ sound or an /A/ sound.
Mark
On Apr 6, 2005 2:12 AM, Walter van Kalken walter@vankalken.net wrote:
Mark Williamson wrote:
Are you kidding? "Ad"? That has to be the easiest Dutch name in the world. "Huikeshoven" I admit I don't know how you would pronounce it, but I would go for /heIksofn/
He said try to pronounce it "correctly". If you pronounce it any anglophile would try to pronounce it .... it would be wrong.
Walter