I have noticed that you described the Hungarian pronunciation of "Fanni" incorrectly.You wrote that this name should be said as: FAWN-nee. Although, this description is not horribly far from the truth, it has three major flaws. I feel that I must inform you because I am Hungarian and I know with absolute certainty that the word is not recognizable at all with this pronunciation.The first mistake is the most obvious: none of the two vowels "a" and "i" is long. The "aw" in found in sawn, and the "ee" in keen are both long ones, therefore misleading.The second problem is that the word "Fanni" actually does contain a long sound which is not depicted; this sound is the consonant "n".The third and final flaw is that not only is the duration of the first vowel wrong, but the phoneme itself, as well. The "a" in Hungarian represents a unique sound, which is not found in English. If I had to describe it in terms of sounds found in English (here I am referring to Received Pronunciation), I would say this vowel is between "o" found hot, and "a" found in calm (except it is short); or even "u" in up.To tackle this issue I suggest you include the IPA description of the Hungarian pronunciation just as you did with that of the Finnish. I believe the following symbols would serve this purpose well: /fɒn:i/I hope I could help. [noted -ed]
You wrote that this name should be said as: FAWN-nee. Although, this description is not horribly far from the truth, it has three major flaws. I feel that I must inform you because I am Hungarian and I know with absolute certainty that the word is not recognizable at all with this pronunciation.
The first mistake is the most obvious: none of the two vowels "a" and "i" is long. The "aw" in found in sawn, and the "ee" in keen are both long ones, therefore misleading.
The second problem is that the word "Fanni" actually does contain a long sound which is not depicted; this sound is the consonant "n".
The third and final flaw is that not only is the duration of the first vowel wrong, but the phoneme itself, as well. The "a" in Hungarian represents a unique sound, which is not found in English. If I had to describe it in terms of sounds found in English (here I am referring to Received Pronunciation), I would say this vowel is between "o" found hot, and "a" found in calm (except it is short); or even "u" in up.
To tackle this issue I suggest you include the IPA description of the Hungarian pronunciation just as you did with that of the Finnish. I believe the following symbols would serve this purpose well: /fɒn:i/
I hope I could help. [noted -ed]