How do you pronounce NGUYEN?

[toant103]

cac

 

[timosyy]

nu - yen

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: yellowfiero

Originally posted by: Pocatello
Not an easy name to pronounce, nor spell correctly . About 60% to 70% of Vietnamese have either Tran or Nguyen as their last name, perhaps even more .

Interesting, I knew a guy years ago who had the name 'Nguyen Tran'.....

I knew a guy named Nguyen N. Nguyen, jr.

Don't ask what the N stands for...

 

[MichaelD]

"Far-fegh-nuu-geeen."

 

[Svnla]

"N-winn" with a silent w sound. Close enough for me.

 

[UpGrD]

I know two people with that name. (same spelling)

One pronounces it "new-yen"
The other "win"

????

 

[rpl318]

"When". I used to pronounce it "In-Goo-Yen".

 

[GMElias]

New-en'

-Elias

 

[mindwreck]

Originally posted by: timosyy
nu - yen

 

[ucdnam]

It's Win, with a change in tone when you pronounce it. There's no alternate. The other pronunciations are for others to correlate the name Nguyen with your pronunciation, so when I say my name, it's nu-win, but it's properly pronouced Win. The Vietnamese language is monosyllabolic, meaning no words with more than 1 syllable....

The ones who pronouce it incorrectly are either doing it, because it's what Americans know or they're 2 or 3rd generation Vietnamese and prob don't even know any words in the Vietnamese language.

 

[trmiv]

Last guy I knew that had that name said it "Win"

 

[Ketteringo]

When