> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Matt Grimaldi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: maandag 6 mei 2002 19:09
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: Re: Spelling And Pronounciation (was Re: Hemlock)

> > It makes we wonder how the English-speaking community of this world
> > would pronounce "Jeroen". I have some idea about how it would sound,
> > but I doubt many of you would get it right.
>
> As a native (American) English-speaker, I would (and sometimes still
> do) pronounce it to myself as something like "djair-owen", however if I
> actually met Jeroen (it could happen) I would draw upon my high school
> German classes and pronounce it "ye-roon".

Oh well, you could always make it easy on yourself and stick to the
alternative pronounciation: SIR!   <grin>


Jeroen

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