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A lot of names around here aren't pronounced the way they look, but their referents are often too modest to correct you. So, this page is dedicated to collecting and disseminating the proper pronunciations of names that are often bungled. If someone has some IPA skills, they can make these official-looking with upside-down e's and that sort of thing. Anyway:
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A lot of names around here aren't pronounced the way they look, but their referents are often too modest to correct you. So, this page is dedicated to collecting and disseminating the proper pronunciations of names that are often bungled.
  
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* Paul Reyns = rhymes with "Maul Mayans"  
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* Jason Kohn = "Jason CONE"
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* Adam Bloch = "a-DOM Block"
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* Emily Ente = "Emily En-tee"  
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| Paul Reyns || "Mayans" || [maɪənz] (or monosyllabic [maɪnz]?)
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* Wege Auditorium = ?
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| [[Jason Kohn]] || "cone" || [koʊn]
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| Adam Bloch || "a bomb lock" || [əˈdɑm blɑk]
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| Noemi || "show me" || [ˈnoʊmi] (or trisyllabic [ˈnoʊəˌmi]?) (or maybe [noe'mi])
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| [[Wege Auditorium]] || "Peggy" || [ˈwɛgi]
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| [[Devereux Powers]] || "Lever - oh" || ['dɛvəɹoʊ]
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Latest revision as of 20:41, January 24, 2007

A lot of names around here aren't pronounced the way they look, but their referents are often too modest to correct you. So, this page is dedicated to collecting and disseminating the proper pronunciations of names that are often bungled.

rhymes with: IPA
Paul Reyns "Mayans" [maɪənz] (or monosyllabic [maɪnz]?)
Jason Kohn "cone" [koʊn]
Adam Bloch "a bomb lock" [əˈdɑm blɑk]
Noemi "show me" [ˈnoʊmi] (or trisyllabic [ˈnoʊəˌmi]?) (or maybe [noe'mi])
Wege Auditorium "Peggy" [ˈwɛgi]
Devereux Powers "Lever - oh" ['dɛvəɹoʊ]
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