RussSchultz said:Would that be bow as in bow and arrow?
Or bow as is bow of a boat, or take a bow?
I know the feeling, kirit is a terrible first name when no one can say it properly. Gave up after a few years.DaveBaumann said:however I got so pissed off with the terrible pronouciations at school I generally accepted whatever people wanted to pronounce it as
LOL. Was just thinking the same thing.RussSchultz said:"Baugh" doesn't help a whole lot.
iddle I po?MuFu said:Ying-tong.
digitalwanderer said:No, no...the emphasis is on the second "n".
Try it again, but really punch that last "n".
The549 said:I'm guessing he pronounces it "baughmen" as in baugh baugh black sheep. That's how I've always thought of it.
Basic said:. Is it really that hard to understand "Henrik Gustavsson"?
Simon F said:iddle I po?MuFu said:Ying-tong.
DaveBaumann said:AFAIK my great grandfather was Swiss, so the name came over here from that area.
Some of the family tried to make it more English sounding by pronouncing it "bow-man", however I got so pissed off with the terrible pronouciations at school I generally accepted whatever people wanted to pronounce it as, however if I were to introduce myself I would would pronounce it something along the lines of "baugh-men"