[rescue] those who should be shot

[Gregory Leblanc]

On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 23:35, Julius Sridhar wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Mar 2002, Bill Bradford wrote:
> 
> > > Are you saying that since my name originates with Sanskrit, and you're an
> > > English-speaker, you can pronounce my name whatever way you like?  I would
> > > not tolerate that.
> >
> > Okay, edjumacate me here.
> >
> > Around the office, we call a guy named "Sridhar",
> > "sree-dhar". I've also heard it "cir-ee-dar", but
> > mostly "sree-dhar".
> 
> "cir-ee-dar" is the most accurate of the three, but in Sanskrit, the "r"
> isn't fully pronounced.  It's just a quick roll of the tongue.  Also, the
> "dh" sound should be fully prononunced.  There is not hard "d" nor a "th".
> About halfway in between.  The same short-roll-of-the-tongue tip applies
> to the second "r".  So I would say that the pronounciation would be
> closest to "cir-ee-dhar" with the emphasis on the two outermost syllables.

Hmm, Dave's solution sounds easier...  ;-)
	Greg

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