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bobbyhanlon
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| I get the Jai (rhymes with eye) pronounciation a few times, but never had "Jee" (like the "ae" in encyclopaedia). |
reminds me of my university days.. me, another guy and my best friend, who is korean (named jin-myung bae, but everyone knew him as 'Ji'), got in trouble with the deans for a pretty obnoxious late-night display of drunkenness. we got sent these letters, addressed to each of us, explaining our punishment and so on. my english friend read his name, and my name, and then said 'who the hell is jie-in meeyoong bye?' to which ji replied 'it's me, you bastard!' |
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Atassi
Joined: 14 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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I was talking about "Jung" in my previous post.
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| It's not a perfect match, but 전 is 90% closer to my name than 존. |
I agree, but just keep in mind that the vowel in 전 is extremely short. Honestly, the Korean spelling 잔 is the best phonetically. I would similarly spell "on" as 안, which is a last name by the way. I wouldn't go the other way with the spelling, but at least you can depend on Korean pronunciation being consistent.
I recognize though that I haven't heard you pronounce your name. I am considering the American pronunciation, and I highly recommend 잔. Unless of course you want John pronounced like "jun" as in "fun". That's what 전 sounds like. Good luck whatever you decide. |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Atassi wrote: |
I was talking about "Jung" in my previous post.
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| It's not a perfect match, but 전 is 90% closer to my name than 존. |
I agree, but just keep in mind that the vowel in 전 is extremely short. Honestly, the Korean spelling 잔 is the best phonetically. I would similarly spell "on" as 안, which is a last name by the way. I wouldn't go the other way with the spelling, but at least you can depend on Korean pronunciation being consistent.
I recognize though that I haven't heard you pronounce your name. I am considering the American pronunciation, and I highly recommend 잔. Unless of course you want John pronounced like "jun" as in "fun". That's what 전 sounds like. Good luck whatever you decide. |
This certainly highlights the differences between American and Canadian vowels. As a Canadian, I'd pronounce "John" with "어" but I could see how you'd hear it the other way. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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| I consider the vowel sound in Jon to be the same as the vowel sound in "long" or "won." Also I'd consider "Jong" to rhyme with "long," and "Jung" to rhyme with "bung." |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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| I consider the vowel sound in Jon to be the same as the vowel sound in "long" or "won." Also I'd consider "Jong" to rhyme with "long," and "Jung" to rhyme with "bung." |
So how would you transcribe 오 ? Maybe "oh"? |
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Atassi
Joined: 14 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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| This certainly highlights the differences between American and Canadian vowels. As a Canadian, I'd pronounce "John" with "어" but I could see how you'd hear it the other way. |
It's not that I don't hear it. It's just that the length of the vowel is being ignored here. John does not rhyme with fun.
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| I consider the vowel sound in Jon to be the same as the vowel sound in "long" or "won." Also I'd consider "Jong" to rhyme with "long," and "Jung" to rhyme with "bung." |
Gotta go, but just wanted to say that "won" is not a good example to compare. You're talking about words in Korean with different vowel sounds. Also, consider the length of the vowel (although I'm not sure how proficient you are in language's sounds). If not yet, then take my word for it  |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 12:25 am Post subject: |
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| I consider the vowel sound in Jon to be the same as the vowel sound in "long" or "won." Also I'd consider "Jong" to rhyme with "long," and "Jung" to rhyme with "bung." |
Those are completely different vowel sounds. I agree with Atassi, and I would spell it 잔 as well. I presume you pronounce Jon like 'hot', 'lot', 'long', 'frog'. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 12:53 am Post subject: |
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| kermo wrote: |
| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| I consider the vowel sound in Jon to be the same as the vowel sound in "long" or "won." Also I'd consider "Jong" to rhyme with "long," and "Jung" to rhyme with "bung." |
So how would you transcribe 오 ? Maybe "oh"? |
That is the biggest difficulty. |
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