On 2012/01/22 22:50, Richard Van Wasshnova wrote: > Any suggestion on how to record proper pronunciation of a surname? > My mother was always correcting us on her grandmother's surname of NOEL must > be pronounced Newel not like Christmas. Also her aunt and cousins BARRON must > be pronounced nasally, sort of like Bahra. (They sometimes appeared in census > as > BARROW) > I considered AKA but tend to prefer a name source. I don't know how to create > a > source for oral preaching. > Any suggestions please?
Have you looked at a good dictionary? They very often have pronunciation guides in the waffel at the front. Only problem is they use very specific phonetic type fonts. You may get some clues from the likes of Websters(?) or my personal favourite since I'm English, Chambers. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
