Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Pronounce Yar'Adua

Ever wonder about the proper pronunciation of some of those names? Like Deng Xiaoping? Or Umaru Yar'Adua? or Nicolas Sarkozy?

The "Comparative" page at John Unruh-Friesen's web site (see: Subscribing to this blog and others) directed me to the Voice of America Pronunciation Guide

Type in a name or type in how you think it's spelled or choose from a long list of prominent people, or choose a country for a list of people from that nation state, click on the loudspeaker icon, and a mechanical voice will "say" the name for you.

For years, according to the VOA guide, I've been pronouncing President Obasanjo's name incorrectly.


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At 11:40 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

we, Fela fans, learned how to pronounce Obasandjo and Yar'Adua a long time ago.

 

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