Writing Your Name as it Sounds

  • The five vowels are pronounced as they are in Europe:
         
    • a is pronounced ah
         e is pronounced ay (bay)
         i is pronounced ee
         u is pronounced oo (no y)
         o is pronounced ow (bow)
  • Be careful of S's pronounced [z]
  • X is pronounced [ks] or [z]
  • Omit silent letters and write soft c's and g's as "s" and "j".

    Some Examples
    John = Jan (silent consonants)
    George = Jorj (soft G's) but
    Gordon = Gordan (hard G's)
    Joyce = Joys (soft c, silent e) but
    Cary = Kery or Kary (hard c)
    Kathy = Katy (no th, no ae sound)
    Jane = Jen (silent e's)
    Ronald = Ranald (o pronounced ah)
    James = Jemz (a pronounced ay)

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