Originally posted by atticus2 Big trick with Russian names - always roll your Rs after vowels
KORrrrCh-noi
KARrrr-pov
KaRrrr-YAK-in (Karjakin)
...Isnt karjakin the geezer from U.N.C.L.E.!....how about this one...Ian Nepomniachtchi Vs Ngoc Truongson Nguyen from the areoflot open 2010....im ok up to Ian but thats about it!
Originally posted by PAWN RIOT ...Isnt karjakin the geezer from U.N.C.L.E.!....how about this one...Ian Nepomniachtchi Vs Ngoc Truongson Nguyen from the areoflot open 2010....im ok up to Ian but thats about it!
Most people I have met named Nguyen pronounced it "Win."
Originally posted by Exuma I've apparently been moronically calling him Al e kine (rhymes with wine) all my life. Supposedly its pronounced "AlCoHol" π
Odd. I pronounce it the same way as GM Henrik Danielsen - "Ah - Leek - Kin".
Which is also wrong. "Al-YECK-in" is just. Strange.
I once met a woman, very old, who was a friend of Alekine, I called him Al-lekine emphasis Al. She was indignant, saying it was Al LEK in. I took a lekin on that oneπ
The nearest you can get (I think) to Alekhine [as spelt in English but not in other languages] is Alley-Achin' (or All'y-Achin'π. The point is that the 'L' here is softened in Russian to make a 'y' sound immediately following it
Originally posted by atticus2 The nearest you can get (I think) to Alekhine [as spelt in English but not in other languages] is Alley-Achin' (or All'y-Achin'π. The point is that the 'L' here is softened in Russian to make a 'y' sound immediately following it
Alley Achin' is what happens when one is assaulted in an alleyway. π