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    Here's one:


    Spyker = Spay-kuhr and not Sp-eye-kuhr
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    Quote Originally Posted by dcsbeemer
    Here's one:


    Spyker = Spay-kuhr and not Sp-eye-kuhr
    for every non-dutch person on the world this name is simply not speakable, just don't even try it, please . Perhaps Germans can do it too.
    Last edited by drakkie; 10-31-2005 at 08:36 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by denisvn93
    Mercedes : Mer-cey-dees
    mer-tsey-des
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    Quote Originally Posted by drakkie
    for every dutch person on the world this name is simply not speakable, just don't even try it, please . Perhaps Germans can do it too.
    non-dutch I presume
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    Quote Originally Posted by henk4
    non-dutch I presume
    i blame it on my keyboard

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    I'm not dutch and I can say it fine...
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    Quote Originally Posted by dcsbeemer
    I'm not dutch and I can say it fine...
    but it is not pronounced in the way you wrote it down phonetically.

    the "y" sound as used in Spyker does not exist in many languages.

    The name used to be written as Spijker.
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    how about we all record the way of saying it on our pc's too end all of our confusion!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jakg
    how about we all record the way of saying it on our pc's too end all of our confusion!
    I can't find a phonetically acceptable way to present the Dutch "ei" or "ij" sound in English.
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    Quote Originally Posted by henk4
    I can't find a phonetically acceptable way to present the Dutch "ei" or "ij" sound in English.


    Me neither, I think it's probably the closest to the "ay" as used in "away", or "ey" as used in "they".


    So it's Sp-ey-kuhr I guess?
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    Quote Originally Posted by dcsbeemer
    Me neither, I think it's probably the closest to the "ay" as used in "away", or "ey" as used in "they".


    So it's Sp-ey-kuhr I guess?
    it is neither an "y" sound nor an "ay-ey" sound. there is no English equivalent sound for it.
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    How about the "a" as used in "hate"?
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    Quote Originally Posted by dcsbeemer
    How about the "a" as used in "hate"?
    no it is like how we pronounce "ei" or in English: "egg". If you can find anybody around who can say that, you got the sound
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    Quote Originally Posted by henk4
    I can't find a phonetically acceptable way to present the Dutch "ei" or "ij" sound in English.
    I guess there's no way...
    Hm, "ei" is like "I"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nerys
    I guess there's no way...
    Hm, "ei" is like "I"
    in German yes, in dutch no there no "a" sound at the beginning.
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