On 03/19/2004 05:57 AM, "PBridge130@aol.com" <PBridge130@aol.com> wrote:
> Roy Drinkwater asks:
>
> "As one who's lingually challenged, what is the pronunciation
> of Alex Singer? It's not "AL-x SING-er" as it would be in English,
> is it? It took me much practice to get Gilles Berthoud down as close
> to "JILL Bear -TWO" ."
>
> If you're paying 4000 Euros for one, probably you're going to say "sawnJAY",
> and hold out your pinky while sipping tea bought at Hediard.
And will run the two names together to make it one ... So not "al-EX sawnJAY", but "al-EK-sawn-ZHAY"
And it would more closely be "ZHEEL bear-TWO" ...
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