How To Say my name! Pronunciation thread

[Bonimenier]

Öit-de-brooks?

That's closer than 'out'. I'm not sure the sound 'ui' exist in the English language so I can't think of a word describing it. The cycling podcast had an interview with him where he says how to pronounce it iirc.

 

[tobydawq]

Isn't the Dutch "huis" pronounced almost identically to the English "house"?

 

[Bonimenier]

Isn't the Dutch "huis" pronounced almost identically to the English "house"?

No, you probably are mistaken it with haus in German.

 

[tobydawq]

No, you probably are mistaken it with haus in German.

No, I'm not. I have been taking a Dutch Duolingo course for about a year and can honestly not really hear the difference.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

He says it at the 1:30 mark in the podcast:

S10 Ep1: Meet the World Tour's youngest rider - The Cycling Podcast

00:52:28 - In our first episode of 2022 we meet the World Tour’s youngest rider, Cian Uijtdebroeks. The 18-year-old Belgian has signed for Bora-Hansgrohe a…

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It does have more of an Ö sound than I thought.

 

[Bonimenier]

No, I'm not. I have been taking a Dutch Duolingo course for about a year and can honestly not really hear the difference.

I suppose that has to do with the sound 'ui' not existing in most languages. 'Ui' and 'Ou' are 2 quite different sounds in Dutch.

 

[tobydawq]

I suppose that has to do with the sound 'ui' not existing in most languages. 'Ui' and 'Ou' are 2 quite different sounds in Dutch.

Yes, probably. Usually, I chastise people for not managing to understand how to pronounce the simple version of the Danish Ø, and now I fall victim to it myself...

Does the J play a role in the prononciation of his name or would it have been the same without it?

 

[tobydawq]

I think that the "ui" sounds appears a bit like the "ou" but without opening the mouth (or muith) as much.

Would you say the pronunciation in this video is wrong? (I hope Logic doesn't see it as it will probably drive him up the wall that the n is pronuinced ( ) in the last example.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Er6tODzxI&ab_channel=TheLanguageAcademy

 

[Bonimenier]

Yes, probably. Usually, I chastise people for not managing to understand how to pronounce the simple version of the Danish Ø, and now I fall victim to it myself...

Does the J play a role in the prononciation of his name or would it have been the same without it?

The 'j' doesn't really change anything in the pronunciation.

I think that the "ui" sounds appears a bit like the "ou" but without opening the mouth (or muith) as much.

Would you say the pronunciation in this video is wrong? (I hope Logic doesn't see it as it will probably drive him up the wall that the n is pronuinced ( ) in the last example.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Er6tODzxI&ab_channel=TheLanguageAcademy

The words sound correct, but how the women in the beginning of the video pronounces 'ui' sounds somewhat strange to me. That probably has to do with there often being a small difference in pronunciation between Dutch Dutch and Flemish Dutch when it comes to sounds like 'ui', 'ou', 'au', 'ij' and 'ei'.


If you ever learned how to pronounce Kruijswijk or heard how to pronounce it, you can use that knowledge on Uijtdebroeks .

 

[tobydawq]

The 'j' doesn't really change anything in the pronunciation.


The words sound correct, but how the women in the beginning of the video pronounces 'ui' sounds somewhat strange to me. That probably has to do with there often being a small difference in pronunciation between Dutch Dutch and Flemish Dutch when it comes to sounds like 'ui', 'ou', 'au', 'ij' and 'ei'.


If you ever learned how to pronounce Kruijswijk or heard how to pronounce it, you can use that knowledge on Uijtdebroeks .

Thanks.

The problem is that was what I did, but I probably pronounce Kruijswijk a little wrong too

 

[SHAD0W93]

Going off @jmdirt ’s point of using initials since he doesn’t want to misspell a name, it’s crazy I know how to pronounce and spell a lot of these names and struggle with medications and diseases.

 

[RedheadDane]

Going off @jmdirt ’s point of using initials since he doesn’t want to misspell a name, it’s crazy I know how to pronounce and spell a lot of these names and struggle with medications and diseases.

Lots of medications and diseases got weird pronunciations.

 

[staubsauger]

The 'j' doesn't really change anything in the pronunciation.


The words sound correct, but how the women in the beginning of the video pronounces 'ui' sounds somewhat strange to me. That probably has to do with there often being a small difference in pronunciation between Dutch Dutch and Flemish Dutch when it comes to sounds like 'ui', 'ou', 'au', 'ij' and 'ei'.


If you ever learned how to pronounce Kruijswijk or heard how to pronounce it, you can use that knowledge on Uijtdebroeks .

Actually it's even pronounced slightly different in Twente & Gelderland than it is in Holland as well!

In farmers Dutch the ij equals the German ei.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Lots of medications and diseases got weird pronunciations.

You’re tell me, then when they sound similar. There was one med, amiodarone that everyone pronounces different. Then when patients pronounce their meds a whole different story