how do you pronounce Nguyen? and do you think the name Sidney for a boy is funny?
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like he said pronouced like win. and sidney isn't that funny of a name. guess the guy u like is vietnamesse?
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boy ive been looking for this question all day now , i tried to answer it when it was 1st posted but i got "knocked "off line?!?!? anyway i spend a lot of time in v.n.  the only time you see a direct translation of a western name is when  catholics take a common saints name  for confirmation and "vietnamify" it. paul becomes "Paolo".. its so they can pronounce it and it may just even be french or Italian ..ANYWAY there is no direct translation for Cecilia... but i can give you the closed thing and that would be, "CHI" pronounced "CHEE?"[ with a questioning sound , v.n. is very tonal]. its a pretty common girls name and means older sister... this would be an appropriate name for a first born girl... a you a 1st born?... i'm realy curious to know why you ask ... if i'm not intruding, my site name means "mr jon"... thats what they call me even though my name is joe?!?!?
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Zack, check out my question about how not to spell the short form of Zachary.  Apparently the 'Zach' camp doesn't want to see my point, I could use some support.
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I like it spelled with a "k", Krystal.  You don't want it to be too different cause then people won't know how to pronounce it.
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Sammon.\n\nGo here for an audio clip of the correct pronunciation:\n\nhttp://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/salmon
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it's cute, sure. i'd go with a more contemporary and unique spelling though. althoug roxy is cute with a "y"....try an "i". it's cute! roxi...that's nice and unique.
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"Mahn-WEE" is the correct pronounciation. I'm afraid I don't know of a website, though.
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It's not really a tradition that I know of, and I have many Chinese friends, but there are many reasons he might not have wanted to tell you. Maybe you wouldn't have been able to pronounce it. Maybe he has the "Long Duck Dong" factor going on and it'll sound odd to an English speaker. Maybe his name honors an ancestor and you just don't rank the whole story yet. Just use the name he gave you to use. That's the same respect anyone should be given.
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What kind of name is Zany, Frank, Bob or Evan?\nThey are sound we designate to individuals at birth.\nAre you asking their derivation? or are you deriding them because they are, GASP, "black" sounding names?\nGo read Freakonomics.
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Im sure the answer is 'tarrthalai' and there's a fada over the second 'a' and the last letter 'i'. It's pronounced something like 'TAR-hawl-ee'\n\nHope this helps\n\nHave you decided what name to take yet, check out this website, it could give you some idea's www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/surname\nthe last bit on that web address is surname\n\nAh thanks croga xx
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By starting to correct the spelling of your name. do you think replacing c with k is cool? go back to ancient times boy.
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It is ridiculous.  I prefer Supertrooper as a name myself.\n\nI would name my daughter Free.  My last name is Loder.
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If Hugh Jass was Chinese he could be called Hugh Jass Ho.\nEileen Dover if it is a girl.\nOldin McGroin is a nice family name.\nPho' Kyu is a nice Asian name.
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kon-yay...but you should b able to figure out his last name...
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I really like the name Chadwick. It sounds intellectual, sophisticated, sounds a lot like a name that royalty would use. If this isn't the type of portrayal you want with a name. Then go with Chad...that sounds a little more ruggish, boyish, fun. Or if you don't mind either, tell people that they can decide what name they'd like to call you cause you will answer to either.
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He was born & raised in Texas. Some people who live in other places will lose their accent. I have a strong southern accent, much more than my brothers & sister - we were all raised together & live within 10 miles of each other. Some people pick up accents more than others. If I spend a lot of time with my friends from out west, I get a weird accent. His Mom definitely has an accent.
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=) yea its understandable but vietnamese is a very easy language hehe we use almost the same alphabet and we use a set of accent marks. it's quite simple. for example the word "chao" can mean different things with different accents.  \n\nchào(j*ow tone goes down)=hello or goodbye\nchao(j*ow tone stays the same)=stinky tofu\ncháo(j*ow tone goes up)=porridge\n\nthere are plently of audio/video referances at the library or the bookstore try just asking her yourself and you guys can learn off each other =P goodluck