Name Game Part II

The past couple weeks over here we have had fun listening to the different names (especially as we are in the process of trying to pick out a baby name). But, its not just because some of them are totally different than what we are used to back home (like the names I mentioned in the first Name Game post http://katyandjoey.blogspot.com/2011/08/name-game.html) but because of the pronunciation of some of the names. Although many may be the same or look the same as what we would see back home, some sound completely different.

Here are some examples:

Manny - pronounced MAH-nny
Markus - MAR-koos
Martin - MAR-teen
Joseph - YO-sef
Julian - YOU-lee-in
Simon - SEE-moan

Ruth - pronounced Root
Sarah - ZAH-rah
Anna - AH-nah
Katherine - KAH'T-a-reen-eh
Laura - LA-oo-ra
Judith - YOU-dith