it is pronounced Ga-ear Herngru fwiw
― should probably be practising shorthand (country matters), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 13:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Similarly, I wouldn't pronounce "Dom Passantino" the way English-speakers do, rather than the Italian way (or, rather, my approximation of Italian), because it's an Italian name, even though Dom himself might pronounce it the English way. That's just the way I've learned to say things.
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― Tuomas, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 13:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Actually, not that I think of it, I'm not completely sure if Hoosteen really is a Dutch name. I know Joosteen is, and I simply thought Hoosteen was a variation of it.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 13:30 (fourteen years ago) link
well iirc it comes from justin pronounced in spanish so j is like h and i is like "ee"
― steamed hams (harbl), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 13:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Would a Spanish speaker really pronounce the "u" in Justin as a double "o"?
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 13:33 (fourteen years ago) link
no but i mean if you were reading it as if you were pronouncing it in spanish. oo is not exactly the same as spanish u but a good approximation for english speakers.
― steamed hams (harbl), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 13:35 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.retroist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/jawa-cake.jpg
― this must be what FAIL is really like (ledge), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 13:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Isn't the Spanish "u" much shorter than "oo" though? Wouldn't "Hewsteen" be better?
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 13:38 (fourteen years ago) link
yes but ew in english is like eu or oh. it's the closest thing is all.
― steamed hams (harbl), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 13:41 (fourteen years ago) link
So it's either too long or too soft?
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 13:43 (fourteen years ago) link
The vowel.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 13:44 (fourteen years ago) link
no i meant oh like as in sew but ew doesn't really sound like oh there. there's just no other way to write it! this is dumb but english is fascinating lol. hewsteen wouldn't work.
― steamed hams (harbl), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 13:45 (fourteen years ago) link
That's what I meant: there's no proper way to phonetically write the Spanish "u" in English - "oo" is too long and "ew" is too soft.
I think Spanish is much easier for Finns, because the Spanish vowels are pronounced pretty much the same as Finnish vowels.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 13:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Two-AH-mas
― roxil muzak (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 13:49 (fourteen years ago) link
^
― mark cl, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 14:35 (fourteen years ago) link
"ice crehm"
― mark cl, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 14:36 (fourteen years ago) link
two oh mas
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Almost, but it's more like to oh muhs.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:21 (fourteen years ago) link
I try and pronounce people's names the way they pronounce them.
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:25 (fourteen years ago) link
But do you know how Dom pronounces his last name, or how Hoos pronounces Hoos? I don't, so it seems natural to prefer the pronounciation that sounds more "right" to me. Of course if I knew these people in real life and knew how they pronounce their names, I would use those versions.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:30 (fourteen years ago) link
it's short for HOOSTEEN dammit
― to cloves fork comfurt (Curt1s Stephens), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:35 (fourteen years ago) link
I pronounce it like BIG BRUCE aka the 'steendriver
http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kq30dzJ4BU1qzk0glo1_400.jpg
― to cloves fork comfurt (Curt1s Stephens), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:36 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm just saying that I'd assume (lacking knowledge of how they pronounce it) someone pronounces their name in the way someone in the area they were raised would pronounce it, as opposed to the area of origin of their name. Probably a lot of that is due to being American, where most people's names originated in other countries, save for Native Americans and people like my great-grandparents, who got their last name changed at Ellis Island because the immigration workers found it long and unwieldy.
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:37 (fourteen years ago) link
I think in Finland most people pronounce foreign names the way they're pronounced in their respective languages, if they happen to know that language. Maybe Americans tend to "Americanize" foreign names because (from what I've gathered) many Americans don't know any other languages besides English?
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:42 (fourteen years ago) link
I think Americans tend to be more respectful of non-American pronunciations than some other countries that are more homogenous.
― I ♠ my display name (sarahel), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:45 (fourteen years ago) link
to oh muhs.
^^ this is how I've always pronounced it
― to cloves fork comfurt (Curt1s Stephens), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Apart from putting on a Mario accent, how the heck else would one pronounce Passantino apart from the only way it can *be* pronounced?
― Dearth Disco (Trayce), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 23:07 (fourteen years ago) link
puh-SAN-tih-noh
― to cloves fork comfurt (Curt1s Stephens), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 01:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Seriously? Nawwww. "Pah-san-teen-o".
― Dearth Disco (Trayce), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 01:18 (fourteen years ago) link
passanti no
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 08:42 (fourteen years ago) link
in my head i still read it as "pass a tea no"
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 08:53 (fourteen years ago) link
― Tuomas, Tuesday, September 29, 2009 9:38 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark
Mexican pronunciation of Spanish is different from the Spanish speakers in Europe. That is all I know about the Spanish language.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 09:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Wow.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 30 September 2009 23:02 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah this is shocking to me tbh
― http://www.bootleg.org.uk/forums/images/smilies/wank.gif (some dude), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 23:03 (fourteen years ago) link
some people have no idea how to speak english, apparently
― rather shipped (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 23:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Reveal the secret! I need to know if it's correct to giggle whenever I think about "Who's the Boss"
― smell the reality of coffee (Z S), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 23:07 (fourteen years ago) link
― rather shipped (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, September 30, 2009 7:06 PM (35 seconds ago)
29 of them by my count
― wH1N1 g. swinegarten (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 23:07 (fourteen years ago) link
say "hoosten" out loud - it's basically impossible to say it as "hews-steen"
― rather shipped (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 23:09 (fourteen years ago) link
"hoosteen" obv
― rather shipped (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 23:10 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, but we're not saying "hoosteen" we're saying "Hoos"
― somewhere a poll is missing its wacky write-in vote (sarahel), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 23:10 (fourteen years ago) link
oh yeah i would pronounce the hoos in hoosteen differently than just hoos. so i voted jews.
― steamed hams (harbl), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 23:12 (fourteen years ago) link
say "hoosten" out loud - it's basically impossible to say it as "hooce-steen"
― katherine helmand province (jaymc), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 23:12 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm not sure which way that goes
― steamed hams (harbl), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 23:13 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah that was confusing but sara hell otm
― wH1N1 g. swinegarten (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 23:18 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah but since "hoos" is derived completely from "hoosteen" it would make sense that one would pronounce "hoos" in the same manner that they would pronounce "hoosteen"
― rather shipped (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 23:23 (fourteen years ago) link
you don't go from saying "juicebox" to "jewsbox"
yeah but it's not hoos, it's HOOS
― somewhere a poll is missing its wacky write-in vote (sarahel), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 23:25 (fourteen years ago) link
alright whatever - i can take solace in the fact that i'm not going around pronouncing HOOS wrong!! that would be mightily embarrassing imo
― rather shipped (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 30 September 2009 23:25 (fourteen years ago) link