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Jan 26th, 2013, 04:11 PM
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Re: Which player's name is toughest for you to pronounce?
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Su-Wei Hsieh. No idea how to pronounce this.
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Hsieh would have to be Xie in Mandarin Chinese. Dunno if that helps.
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Jan 26th, 2013, 04:16 PM
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Re: Which player's name is toughest for you to pronounce?
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Hsieh would have to be Xie in Mandarin Chinese. Dunno if that helps.
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So is it like Soo-way-Xie?
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Jan 26th, 2013, 04:22 PM
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Re: Which player's name is toughest for you to pronounce?
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So is it like Soo-way-Xie?
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In Taiwan, they use a different transcription for many names.
In Mandarin Chinese it would be Xie Shuwei (謝淑薇). Xie is fourth tone so it falls rapidly. It's the same xie as in thank you (xiexie) so you could try to listen here (but it is a surname also): http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%AC%9D%E8%AC%9D
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Magdalena Maleeva's last words at her send-off:
"There is a saying that there is no friendship in tennis, but I've proven the opposite. After all of them are here, it means that there is friendship and I want to thank them for being here tonight. I hope the fans are happy too."
My blog about my semester spent in China (bilingual in both German and English):
http://crazillo.jimdo.com! Please feel free to make comments!!
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Jan 26th, 2013, 04:30 PM
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Re: Which player's name is toughest for you to pronounce?
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So is it like Soo-way-Xie?
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Yeah, thats pretty much how I pronounce it. 
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Jan 26th, 2013, 04:31 PM
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Re: Which player's name is toughest for you to pronounce?
Maria Sha-WRAP-ova!!!
ROFL ask Cliffy.
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Jan 26th, 2013, 04:33 PM
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Re: Which player's name is toughest for you to pronounce?
That Zarah girl from Madagascar.
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Jan 26th, 2013, 05:09 PM
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Re: Which player's name is toughest for you to pronounce?
Yeah, I struggle with Monica Puig too.. Is it pronounced like "Pwig" or "Pew-ig" or even just "Pig"?
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Jan 26th, 2013, 05:12 PM
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Re: Which player's name is toughest for you to pronounce?
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or even just "Pig"?
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I think its /Pwig/.
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Jan 26th, 2013, 08:15 PM
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Re: Which player's name is toughest for you to pronounce?
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That Zarah girl from Madagascar.
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Jan 26th, 2013, 08:30 PM
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Re: Which player's name is toughest for you to pronounce?
Woehr and Woerle. And some of the Baltic names - Dekmeijere (think it's roughly pronounced Dekmayer) and Kontaveit.
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Jan 26th, 2013, 08:46 PM
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Re: Which player's name is toughest for you to pronounce?
Zaraz Razamiwatratra and Rawahima Rahiwolololona or something  |
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Jan 26th, 2013, 08:47 PM
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Re: Which player's name is toughest for you to pronounce?
Sabine Lisicki
I always start to vomit while pronouncing
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Jan 26th, 2013, 08:52 PM
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Re: Which player's name is toughest for you to pronounce?
Dinah PFIZENMAIER
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Karolina WLODARCZAK
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Jan 26th, 2013, 08:54 PM
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Re: Which player's name is toughest for you to pronounce?
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Sabine Lisicki
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Why? It's so simple 
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Jan 26th, 2013, 08:56 PM
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Re: Which player's name is toughest for you to pronounce?
BTW- its always funny when Americans and Brits pronounce Łozniaki and Liziki....
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