Thread: Famous names once and for all

As Throbert pointed out all(most) of the names of the above can be found on wiki, with pronunciation and transcription
However the hardest part is not to find/listen to the pronunciation but understanding and pronouncing it
For example: my name will be written in Russian as Артём. But for native English-speaker this name is basically impossible to pronounce, mostly because of two things:
1. There is no ё sound in English. I had to write my name either as Artyom or as Artem. Both are incorrect
2. Stress goes on letter ё but for English speakers it's weird and unnatural

So if I write my name as Artyom it will be pronounce something like Артиом
If I write as Artem it will be Артэм
Even if I pronounce my name to English speakers - most of them can't repeat it and some who can forget it in a day

So unless all names of the above will be written in Cyrillic all the time, I don't think it will be a way to force people to pronounce them correctly

Originally Posted by Doomer

So if I write my name as Artyom it will be pronounce something like Артиом
If I write as Artem it will be Артэм

It's a good thing your name isn't Семён -- who knows what they might call you!!

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

It's a good thing your name isn't Семён -- who knows what they might call you!!

You are naughty guy
I would probably stick to Сеня then or just switch to Simon