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[Surname] Re: Hungarian pronuncation
by Jim Young (guest)
12/14/2005, 1:48 PM
in reply to a message by Elinor
Approximate pronunciation, key-rye, with the stress on the first syllable. The Y is not a separate letter, but is there to modify the pronunciation of the letter L, which it does by modifying it out of existence. Hungarians, eh?
It means "king" by the way, but maybe you knew that.
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- Andy ;—) (guest)   +2
12/14/2005, 11:11 PM
My Hungarian is more than poor (i.e. I don't know any, but I've met Hungarians). But my guess would be something like Kee-ROH-lee.
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- Jim Young (guest)   +1
12/15/2005, 5:05 AM
A with a mark over it is pronounced AH; without the mark, it's like an open O. L followed by Y is suppressed. Not my fault, blame the Hungarians.
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- Andy ;—) (guest)
12/15/2005, 5:12 AM
You are probably right. I realise now, it's been ages since I last talked to a Hungarian. I'll never learn the languare. Rather Chinese.
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