I wrote pronounced as 'Joorgen' that a typo. They pronounce it as 'yoorgen'. 'yoor' pronounced with same 'oo' sound as in 'root'
Madan --- M R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 12:51:43 -0800 (PST) > From: M R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [USMA:18986] Fwd: RE: Fwd: RE: Fwd:Short > unit names > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Bill & John > > Jeurgen Schremp is the Chief of Daimler Chrysler and > his name is written as 'Jeurgen' in English media > and is pronounced as 'Joorgen' in DW-TV's (German > TV) > English news. > > Rgds > Madan > > > --- kilopascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [USMA:18967] RE: Fwd: RE: Fwd:Short unit > > names > > Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 18:22:48 -0500 > > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > Jeurgen is Yoorgen in German. > > > > > > No such name. Juergen, however, is pronounced > > yewrgn. > > > > > > > > I've never seen the name spelled as Juergen, but > > always as J�rgen. > > > > > > > > > > > > > So any SI unit using 'J' may be wrongly > > pronounced in > > > > other languages. > > > > > > Not if the speaker has been taught (in school, > for > > example) the correct > > > pronunciation. In Germany, for example, people > > seem to have no difficulty > > > pronouncing Joule as Joule himself would have > > pronounced. > > > > > > I've heard it pronounced as "Yool" > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1 more question ? does other European > languages > > use > > > > the letter 'W' and if so, how do they say kWh. > > > > > > Some European languages have no W in their > > alphabet (e.g., Italian) or > > vary > > > rarely use W (e.g., Spanish). However, their > > dictionaries include words > > > (borrowed from other languages) starting with or > > including W, so it's no > > > mystery to them. And, of course, W is included > on > > their typewriter and > > > computer keyboards. > > > > > > Kilowatt hour is chilowattora (ch pronounced as > k) > > in Italian (plural is > > > chilowattore) and kilowatt hora (h not > pronounced) > > in Spanish. > > > > > > Bill Potts, CMS > > > Roseville, CA > > > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� > http://movies.yahoo.com/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/
