Random thoughts

[roguejuror]

jean still sounds like jean.

you mean like billie jean? http://bit.ly/KkYKTZ

 

[Matty]

My point is, why are you trying to translate a name? It is what it is, it's untranslatable. It's pronounced the way it is in French, period.

Machine translation tools like Google Translate will just butcher their way through proper nouns.

 

[kato]

think of a fancy way of saying john

 

[Matty]

thanks for this

shit pisses me off

 

[Matty]

kato gets it

 

[reno cool]

like jean claude van dam

 

[kato]

oui

 

[Matty]

You must mean Gene Claude.

 

[reno cool]

"dont say si, say oui." Oh that inspector was a genius

 

[Cami]

I wasn't trying to translate it. anyhow.

 

[Matty]

Captain Gene Luke Picard is not impressed. #infinitefacepalm

 

[reno cool]

I don't know how to type "eu" diphthong in a way that makes sense to an English speaker.

It's the German sound.

-zhay-nee

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-mid_front_rounded_vowel

ah, just noticed you can hear sound on that link. nice feature :

but it does not sound good, kinda like a dying deer. uhh, but more of a ehh. maybe euhh

 

[Matty]

but it does not sound good, kinda like a dying deer. uhh, but more of a ehh. maybe euhh

BTW the first diphthong in Eugnie is more like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_front_rounded_vowel

Sounds like a European car honk.

 

[kato]

"dont say si, say oui." Oh that inspector was a genius

 

[Saulty]

Can't believe people can't pronounce Jean-Louis.

This is one of the easiest names to pronounce.

You know what's difficult to pronounce?

Thucydides!

 

[Mudcat]

Went through all the smileys (461) and fixed them just for you Mudcat.

Man I hope that's not true. I am at peace with the smileys. Had no wish to create a job for someone.

 

[Archie]

Cami how is my name Archibald translated in Italian?

 

[Cami]

arc-ee-bald