Thank you! Now I have an idea. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Han-Wen Nienhuys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Shamus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <lilypond-user@gnu.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 8:06 AM Subject: Re: Pronunciation of the author's names
> Shamus schreef: >>> Meeting Han-Wen last time I asked him how the name `Nieuwenhuizen' >>> actually does sound. To make it short: I'll stay with `Jan' and >>> `Han-Wen'. >> >> I'll take a stab at it, though I'm no expert at this kind of thing (the >> words nine, when, and zen are the American English pronunciations): :-) >> >> Nienhuys --> nine - hyoos >> Nieuwenhuizen --> nee - oo - when - hoo - zen >> >> Note that there are no accent marks given; my best guess is that they >> would fall on the second to last syllable in each case. This is also >> most likely the wrong pronunciation in any case. >> >> So how did I do? Did I get anywhere close? :-) > > close but not quite: > > nienhuys = 'neen huh-iss > nieuwenhuizen = 'nee wunn huh-izz zunn > > (where huh-i is a monosyllabic dipthong, so slide from uh to ih smoothly.) > >- >
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