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13 Aug 2024 09:27:51 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Where are you?  
From: Rudy Velthuis
Date: 18 Feb 1999 14:23:37
Message: <36cc68b9.0@news.povray.org>
Phoenix schrieb in Nachricht ...
>'T was on Wed, 17 Feb 1999 15:06:36 +0100,
>that Rudy Velthuis wrote:
>> Really? I mean Rudy is simple enough, but here in Germany most people
have
>> big problems understanding my last name at the telephone (to them it
sounds
>> like Welltush) and even more to pronounce my name when they read it. So
"De
>> Ruiter" could be more of a problem than Sietse. Only French speaking
persons
>> would propably pronounce it well.
>
>Forget it. The French can't pronounce even one syllable of my name

>
>As for "De Ruiter"... Well, it's the 'ui' thing again, eh?

For the French speaking, you'd propably have to write "Site-ce de
Roeuilteur" and "Rudi Velthoeuis", but then they would pronounce it more or
less right. The German and the English speakers simply CAN'T (Even if I




--
Rudy


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