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Exactly How Do You Pronounce Your Name Again, Miss....Miss?

Pinky Thakkar (silent "h"), an engineer from Mumbai, started the Web site www.pronouncenames.com after she moved to San Jose, Calif., and mispronounced the "J" in "San Jose," not giving it the "H" sound used in Spanish words. Properly pronouncing person and place names proved nearly impossible for Ms. Thakkar and her friends from abroad, she says...

Bridging Cultures With “Pronounce Names”

When Pinky Thakkar, an engineer, first moved from Mumbai to San Jose in the Bay area, she pronounced the place San J-ose instead of San H-ose. Not being able to pronounce names and places correctly was a cause for embarrassment and a big challenge for her and her friends from abroad...

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Pronounce Names Saves You from Embarrassment

Search engine Pronounce Names—perhaps unsurprisingly—contains a database of names complete with proper pronunciation, saving you from embarrassment next time you face a challenging name...

Proper name pronunciation on the Web

"The sweetest sound in the world is the person's own name" is a famous quote from Dale Carnegie that is one of the driving forces...

PronounceNames: Learn Correct Name Pronounciations

PronounceNames.com is a website for those moments when you find yourself in the situation where you look at some name and have absolutely no idea about how to pronounce it correctly. On PronounceNames you can lookup different names and learn correct name pronounciations. If the name you’re looking for is not listed there is an option to request the pronunciation for it...

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Pronounce Names, the “dictionary of name pronunciation,” is an incredibly valuable tool for the business travelers of the world. I hate, hate butchering clients’ names, and with this handy website that can be a thing of the past. PronounceNames.com offers a database of difficult (and even easy) names and the correct pronunciation. Those of you in sales should pay particular attention, as this could mean the difference in getting your foot in the door or being brushed aside...