Message: "Pyry" - Behind the Name

[Facts] Pyry

by meanwhile

7/6/2007, 5:40 PM

Does anyone know how to pronounce the name Pyry?

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- Marija Luminitsa +2

7/6/2007, 6:39 PM

It is pronounced POO-roo (the R is rolled). The stress in Finnish is always on the first syllable and Y is prounounced like a U. You can hear it on this site: http://www.mikropuhe.com/demo.asp

Type Pyry in the the box and click "Kuuntele Puhe" to hear it pronounced.

[edit to add that bit about the Y]

This message was edited 7/6/2007, 6:41 PM

- Kevlar +1

7/7/2007, 12:06 AM

It's not quite POO-roo. You can use the Mikropuhe speech synthesizer to compare puru and pyry. Puru is pronounced POO-roo and it means sawdust (among other things). The Finnish y is a close front rounded vowel (see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_front_rounded_vowel), like the German ü or French u. This vowel sound doesn't exist in English.

- Marija Luminitsa

7/7/2007, 12:30 PM

I realize that. I was trying to simplfy it a bit because the sound doesn't exist in English.

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