Sausage Head said:that doesn't mean everyone pronounces it like that.
cwstjdenobs said:Sausage Head said:that doesn't mean everyone pronounces it like that.
It does mean they are wrong if they don't though. Like if I meet someone child called Jean or Seán I wouldn't just call him John, or totally ignore how they are meant to be pronounced and go with how I read it, I'd go with how the parent pronounces it.
In French they're both pronounced the same.m3rox said:cwstjdenobs said:Sausage Head said:that doesn't mean everyone pronounces it like that.
It does mean they are wrong if they don't though. Like if I meet someone child called Jean or Seán I wouldn't just call him John, or totally ignore how they are meant to be pronounced and go with how I read it, I'd go with how the parent pronounces it.
Those two names are pronounced differently, ya know.
machomuu said:In French they're both pronounced the same.m3rox said:cwstjdenobs said:Sausage Head said:that doesn't mean everyone pronounces it like that.
It does mean they are wrong if they don't though. Like if I meet someone child called Jean or Seán I wouldn't just call him John, or totally ignore how they are meant to be pronounced and go with how I read it, I'd go with how the parent pronounces it.
Those two names are pronounced differently, ya know.
m3rox said:Seán is a name originating in the Irish language. It is the Irish equivalent of the French Jean.machomuu said:QUOTEm3rox said:cwstjdenobs said:In French they're both pronounced the same.Sausage Head said:that doesn't mean everyone pronounces it like that.
It does mean they are wrong if they don't though. Like if I meet someone child called Jean or Seán I wouldn't just call him John, or totally ignore how they are meant to be pronounced and go with how I read it, I'd go with how the parent pronounces it.
Those two names are pronounced differently, ya know.
Nope
http://inogolo.com/pronunciation/Jean
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n
I know you're trying to be funny, but that didn't even make sense.Sausage Head said:Seán O'Jean.
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ZAFDeltaForce said:Lee-Knucks
If the thread was "How should Linux be pronounced if Linus has his way?", maybe.OmegaVesko said:
Thing is, as I elongate vowels it's spelt and pronounced the way I said it earlier, for me.Haloman800 said:The correct way is just as it is spelled; Linux (lin-x).