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Schuyler
by Cinderella
1/4/2005, 1:32 AM
Schuyler. How do you pronouce this name? Is it like Skyler?
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- Indy (Indigo)   +7
1/4/2005, 11:15 AM
Uh you're Dutch!! you should know that! it's just Schuiler...pr'ed Sguyler...so NO "k", they (english speaking people)just made it Skyler, because they can't pronounce our "hard G", they only have a soft one...:)
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- Chrisell   +4
1/5/2005, 6:11 AM
Uh, Indy, we *do* have a hard 'g'!:-)
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- Indy (Indigo)   +3
1/5/2005, 1:02 PM
do you?I doubt that you have the same "hard G" we have..because when we try to make foreign people pronounce "Scheveningen" (Cinderella you'd know this word! :)) they really can't..they can't pronounce SCH as we do..for example, Gabriel, Garage, Gareth, Gay, etc all have a soft G...Could you give me an example of a word that has a "hard G"? Not trying to offend/attack you Chrisell, but i'm curious what you consider a hard G...ours is a hard one, almost like you are gargling your throat...:)
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- Cinderella (guest)
1/6/2005, 12:04 PM
Oh I know Scheverningen :) lolSorry...lol
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- Miranda (Randee15)   +1
1/5/2005, 2:14 PM
What we call "hard G"Is the G in Gabriel, Gareth, Gay, etc. What we call "soft G" are Gs that are pronounced as Js, as in Gillian, Gemma, Genesis, Genevieve, etc.Miranda
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- Indy (Indigo)
1/6/2005, 2:30 AM
Ah okay thanks! But your G's in Gabriel, Gareth, Gay etc are soft G's for us..lol i wish we had some programm that can play sounds..
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- Cinderella (guest)   +1
1/5/2005, 2:44 AM
Dank je! Ik dacht al wel dat het gewoon Sguyler was... Maarja je weet maar nooit he? :D
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- Indy (Indigo)
1/5/2005, 12:58 PM
Nee klopt, kan je t beter ff navragen...:)
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