Toralf Lund wrote:
Larry Colen wrote:
We've got people from a wide range of cultures on this list, and
there are a lot of folks with names that I can only guess at the
pronunciation. Names which may be common in one culture are pretty
rare in Central California.
I find that people in most European/Western countries *except for the
English-speaking ones* tend to get mine more or less right. Just
pronounce all the letters without any diphtongation... And notice that
the vovel sounds are like the "open"/long ones found in English.
Actually, that's not quite accurate for the surname, where 'd' is
silent, while the 'u' is like English "oo" or "ou", but shorter...
- T
Did that make any sense at all?
- Toralf
I haven't heard much variation in the pronunciation of Larry, but the
two common mistakes are to misread Colen as Cohen, or to pronounce it
the way everyone but Colin Powell pronounces Colin. It's pronounced
like Cohen, but with an "L" rather than an "H": Koe-len.
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