Folks,
I was just watching a JRobi video on Youtube, and my ears went dead when he pronounced Najdorf as Nahjdorf. It is not that!
It is correctly pronounced Nidorf, with a long i or eye sound. N eye dorf. A more pleasing sound, anyway.
While we're at it. Alekhine is pronounced by Russians as Al eck in. There is no long i in that.
Keres, I believe, is supposed to sound like Keresh. Those in the know say Petroseon, not Petrozhin.
Smyslov is best Smiz lov.
I once heard Bronstein pronounced as Bronshtain.
Paco Vallejo is, in Spain pronounced like Paco Vahyechho as if saying yechh
Of course the Frenchman Bacrot is like Bacrow' with the accent on the last syllable.
Vlad Kramnik's last name is properly pronounced like Krawmnick.
Jakovenko as Yaakovenko
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the Dutchman Anish Giri is said as Awnish Geeree.
Dreev is Dree ev. There are more than a few of those double e names around.
Vassily Ivanchuk? like Va silly Evonshewk.
Again I believe Armenians like to pronounce Aronian as Aroneon.
Carlsen is, I think, Carlsen.
heh.
Vallejo is pronounced valyay co - phonetically 'vaˈleɪjəʊ'
double 'L' in Spanish is normally pronounced with an English 'ly' sound.
To get the 'jəʊ' sound you need phlegm in the back of your throat, because it isn't a hard 'c' as in 'duck', but is a soft j and o (as in hole) rolled together with the 'j' starting hard and slurring into the 'o' from the back of the palate. 😉
-m.
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Originally posted by mikelomDouble L in Spanish is an English e.
Vallejo is pronounced valyay co - phonetically 'vaˈleɪjəʊ'
double 'L' in Spanish is normally pronounced with an English 'ly' sound.
To get the 'jəʊ' sound you need phlegm in the back of your throat, because it isn't a hard 'c' as in 'duck', but is a soft j and o (as in hole) rolled together with the 'j' starting hard and slurring into the 'o' from the back of the palate. 😉
-m.
Originally posted by mikelomThis is not pronounced valyayco - rather va yay ho
Vallejo is pronounced valyay co - phonetically 'vaˈleɪjəʊ'
double 'L' in Spanish is normally pronounced with an English 'ly' sound.
To get the 'jəʊ' sound you need phlegm in the back of your throat, because it isn't a hard 'c' as in 'duck', but is a soft j and o (as in hole) rolled together with the 'j' starting hard and slurring into the 'o' from the back of the palate. 😉
-m.
An essential tip with Russian names is to roll the R's.
So, it's Karrrr-poff (Karpov); and Korrrr-chnoi (Korchnoi); and Kas-PARRRR-off
For Baltic state languages, 's' is often 'sh'. So Saranas Sulskis is pronounced 'Sharunash Shulshkish'. Best drink several pints of beer first, then you'll get it right 🙂
Topalov is 'To-PAH-loff'
Anand is 'an-AND'
And the President of FIDE, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is pronounced 'Kirrr-RYST Ima-FUKKIN-frootloop'
Originally posted by joesheppeI learned from this. Thanks and thumbs up!
Folks,
I was just watching a JRobi video on Youtube, and my ears went dead when he pronounced Najdorf as Nahjdorf. It is not that!
It is correctly pronounced Nidorf, with a long i or eye sound. N eye dorf. A more pleasing sound, anyway.
While we're at it. Alekhine is pronounced by Russians as Al eck in. There is no long i in that.
Keres, I believe, i ...[text shortened]... elieve Armenians like to pronounce Aronian as Aroneon.
Carlsen is, I think, Carlsen.
heh.