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Re: How to pronounce last names

by kittykat2006

5/27/2013, 12:33 AM

In English it's pronounced 'win' or 'when'. Of course in Chinese it's more like saying the word wing minus the wi, but this sound doesn't actually exist in English as a start of words which is way 'win' is used instead.

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- ClaudiaS +1

6/1/2013, 8:46 AM

Nguyen is Vietnamese, not Chinese. We have a friend with this surname who pronounced it slowly for me. It's "Ngwin": NG (the sound at the end of "sing") immediately followed by WIN.

It is unnatural for English-speakers to pronounce NG at the beginning of a word, but not difficult.

- movieskel

6/4/2013, 10:24 PM

Thanks. i have learned something

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