In a message dated 2/18/2005 8:01:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, Mia McDavid <mia_mcdavid at comcast.net> writes: > >I used to work with an Hispanic named Bermejo. He had clearly given up >on pronunciation--he answered his phone Ber-me-jo. I never could bear >to call him that, even thoughit seemed contrary to his own wishes. I >ran across him some time later and he thanked me for pronouncing his >name correctly. > >Mia > My Brazillian friend's name is Bruno. He asked me why everyone says his name wrong. He pronounces it as brunu with more emphasis (sp) on the first "u" and almost inaudiable on the second "u". I told him that that's just how we say things in English. The "o" to us is pronounced as a long "o" like in dog, as opposed to like a "oo" or "ew" at the end of new (I think I have all that right). Then there's his origianl last name, but I won't go into that. -C > >