How to pronounce Indian names
If you have recruited technical talent for more than 5 minutes, chances are that you have encountered names that have proved challenging to announce. (Oh, you Americans!) When contacting a potential hire, impression is everything, so why hurt your chances of a good impression by butchering their name? Well never fear, help is here…
I came across a most excellent post that sould prove of interest to technical recruiters (or recruiters af any niche).
Here is a snippet…
Phoenetic Tips
“e” is always as in a cross between “leg” and “lay” and never as in “Steve” or the second syllable of “clever”. So “Suresh” would be pronounced “Soo Raysh”
“i” is always as in “hit” or the vowel sound of “clean”. Never “i” as in “life”.
“u” is always like “foot” or “brute”. Never like “cut”.
“o” is always like “flow”. Never like “hot”.
Correct Pronounciation of Common Indian Names
“Rohit Thakur” - Row hit Tah koor
“Ramesh” - Ruh mesh
“Chandra” - Chun druh
“Venkatesh” - Ven kah tesh
“Rashmi” - Rush me
“Uday” - oo day (not “You day”)
“Ramana” - Rah muh nuh (Don’t emphasize the second syllable, making it sound like “Ramada (inn)”)
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Can anyone tell me how to pronounce the indian name “Bhagyashree” ?