Ngaio Marsh

[Sam Martin]

The surname Ng is not Korean. It is the Cantonese version of the
Chinese name Wu. I believe the usual western pronunciation of the name is,
as you suggest, "eng", like the name of the IPA symbol (n with a tail).

On 14 Dec 2000, Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:

[ moderator snip ]

> If anecdotes about surname pronunciation are really on topic here, I'd
> like to know what happens to the (Korean?) family name Ng in the
> mouths of English-speaking non-linguists.

> (I'm guessing that the native pronunciation is a vocalic eng, but I've
> never heard anyone pronounce it in either Korean or English).

> Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn at diku.dk> (Humour NOT marked)