Arabic-L:GEN:pronunciation responses

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Date: 04 Feb 2003
From: Joost Kremers <j.kremers at let.kun.nl>
Subject: pronunciation response

> May i ask how to pronounce the middle name of
> Dr. Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès, who wrote "Arabic Typography:
> A Comprehensive Sourcebook" ?
>
> sh-mit-shuiy-ts-en ?
> sh-mi-chui-jen ???

It's a Dutch name, and 'Huda' being a feminine name, I suspect it's not  
her
middle name but the name of her husband. The pronunciation is roughly:

smits-hui-zen

So the -ts belong to the first syllable, the second syllable starts with
the h. The combination 'uij' (including the 'j'!) is a diphpthong that's
rare in other languages. (I don't know of any language that has it.)  
It's
roughly a French u + i. Most foreign speakers replace it with the sound  
of
'ow' in English 'now'. Furthermore, the -i- in 'Smits-' is like in  
English
'in', and the -e- is a schwa. Stress is on the first syllable.

Hope this is enough information. :-)

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Date: 04 Feb 2003
From: Daniel Newman <d.newman at planetinternet.be>
Subject: pronunciation response

Hello,

The Dutch name 'Smitshuijzen' is pronounced as follows (IPA  
transcription):
/'smits-hœyzen/

Regards,
Daniel Newman

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3)
Date: 04 Feb 2003
From: Klaus Lagally <lagally at informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>
Subject: pronunciation response

Assuming the name is in Dutch, I would pronounce it: smits-hoy-zen

Klaus Lagally

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4)
Date: 04 Feb 2003
From: "Raven, Wim" <raven at em.uni-frankfurt.de>
Subject: pronunciation response

Being Dutch, I think I can answer this question. SInce the answer seems  
to
be required for creating a Japanese spelling for this name, I think I  
can
refrain form phonetical alphabets or over-refinement. Please pronouce  
as if
it were an English word: Smits - hoy - zen   (zen as in Zen-Buddhism)  
and
you are near to the truth.

Best wishes,
Wim Raven

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5)
Date: 04 Feb 2003
From: Haruko SAKAEDANI <yosiyasu at aa.tufs.ac.jp>
Subject: pronunciation thanks

 From the Japanese who asked the pronunciation of "Smitshuijzen,"
Thank you so much for your immediate responses.
Shukran.  Merci 'awi.  Motashakkiriin.
Haruko

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