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Help[Facts] Re: Pronounce this Dutch name: Tijs
in reply to a message by Mar
How about Teys? ('ey' as in 'hey!') Seems a much closer spelling of the pronunciation.
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In my opinion IE is closer to the sound of ij then EY, but the difficult thing is that not everyone pronounces ij the same way. In Belgium for instance it sounds more like a long E. Example: Bijt (to Bite in Dutch) would sound most like Bet (but only a bit longer) in English and where I'm from it sounds more like Bite. So the best I can explain is a sound somewhere in between those...
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