How do you pronounce 'Nguyen' ?

[ferrarifreak93]

I searched online for wav files but every link I found was no longer active. You can host files for free at here if you'd like to upload a wav file

I've heard it pronounced 'win' or 'we-ing'

 

[KLin]

new-win?

 

[dbk]

knew-en?

 

[drum]

when

 

[SmoochyTX]

win

 

[Xylitol]

Win
As in, "Win-dows"

 

[AnonymouseUser]

En Gu Yen Son

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: drum
when

/agree

at least that's how the one nguyen I knew in high school pronounced it.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Nnnnnnnn-guy-en

 

[DVK916]

win isn't right either. It is hard to pronounce it exactly right since you don't have the exact sound in english. But ngweing is closer than win, but not right either. It is one syllable though. So New-en, and such are all wrong.

 

[maddogchen]

new yen

 

[Schadenfroh]

guy

 

[swtethan]

NGUH-WENG



its hard to pronounce online

 

[mb]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: drum
when

/agree

at least that's how the one nguyen I knew in high school pronounced it.

That's how everyone I know with that name pronounces it. Or, at least tells us crackers how to say it.

 

[BoomerD]

Hey you...vietnamese guy...

I always thought it was nwen...sort of...some insert a sort of "g" sound in there...

 

[NaOH]

Originally posted by: DVK916
win isn't right either. It is hard to pronounce it exactly right since you don't have the exact sound in english. But ngweing is closer than win, but not right either. It is one syllable though. So New-en, and such are all wrong.

Tis true. You won't pronounce it right unless you actually know the language.

 

[ferrarifreak93]

wav file?

 

[DVK916]

You also need to use the correct pitch when you say it, if you don't it is wrong.

 

[SKORPI0]

Waiting for Syringer to report in. IIRC, Nguyen is his last name.

 

[BigToque]

I don't know why, but I see it as "new-gin"

 

[DVK916]

I have an uncle named, Nguyen Nguyen.

 

[ChaoZ]

New-yen

 

[thirdlegstump]

Nas Car

 

[db]

Gwen

 

[Kromis]

There are two (or) three ways to pronounce it, one is the "American way" (new yen) and the other is the Vietnamese way (all the other ways)

In essence, Vietnamese FTW!