Re: Bear-nd

At  8:44 PM 96.7.15 -0500, . wrote:
>Insisting upon having your name pronounced correctly may result in a lot of
>hey you's. In Sweden, I am "Yan". In NY I'm "Jon". In Germany, you're
>"Bernd". In NY you are "Burned" or "Burr-Ned" (your choice).
>
>Jon (Ja sound as in "giant" or "gym", followed by "an")
>Murdock ("Mrr" sound. American "r" - no "u" -  followed by "dak" or the
>"doc" sound in "doctor" pronounced American)

In Japan both my first and last names have three syllables each.  Go figure.


Chris Hinkle
aka Kurisu Hinkuru
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