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Dec 07, 2012 - 02:42 PM
Mein Name ist Chapley Watson. :)
Dec 07, 2012 - 05:06 PM
I meant how would you pronounce my name. Sorry.
Dec 12, 2012 - 02:27 PM
Wie sagt man, mein Name mit richtiger Aussprache? I think this is what you want.
Dec 12, 2012 - 02:29 PM
Names do not change from their original pronounciation usually.
Dec 31, 2012 - 12:48 PM
An example of this would be from the first lessons: The name Claudia changes pronunciation across languages. English "Claw-dia" German "Cloud-ia"
Jan 28, 2013 - 07:18 PM
Your name, in any country, is what you say it is.
Jan 28, 2013 - 08:43 PM
Well, I have certainly had foreign language teachers change my name to suit them. For example, my surname, Hovde, was change to Govde by a Russian teacher who said H's are always converted to Russian G's, even though I thought it would have made more sense to change it to Russian X. In some places, they expect female names to end in a certain vowel, so my friend Susan was always called Susanna, which she hated. Sorry to be off the subject of German, but even though I agree with Cindy Cruse that one's name SHOULD be what one call's oneself, in practice it is really what one is willing to answer to. Consider foreigners in the USA who come from countries with vocalizations far different from what Americans are used to, like that tongue-clicking sound that some tribe uses. I'm sure such folks end up going by very anglicized names. So, Chapley Watson, I don't know if there is a hard ch sound in German. It might come out more as an sh sound. Maybe you can find that out. I don't think there would be any change to the "apley" part of your name. I think Watson would be pronounced as Vatson.