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.
Labels: pedagogy
posted by Ken Wedding @ 8:03 AM
1 Comments:
we, Fela fans, learned how to pronounce Obasandjo and Yar'Adua a long time ago.
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