Pronunciation of Lysacek

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March 27th, 2009, 05:36 PM
Оля

Pronunciation of Lysacek

Evan Lysacek is an American figure skater who won gold in Los Angeles last night. :)

How do you pronounce his surname? Is it lie - sah - check? Is the stress on the first syllable?
And, does anybody know what is the ethnic origin of this name (I can't find that on the Internet)? It sounds East European...
March 28th, 2009, 01:10 AM
Ken Watts

Re: Pronunciation of Lysacek

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Originally Posted by Оля

Evan Lysacek is an American figure skater who won gold in Los Angeles last night. :)

How do you pronounce his surname? Is it lie - sah - check?

Yes, see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njb6AMbOnLA at about 00:35-00:45, and "Evan Frank Lysacek (pronounced [ɛvʌn lyːsaːʧek]" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Lysacek ([ tʃ ] = English church) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA

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Originally Posted by Оля

Is the stress on the first syllable?

Yes, I think so, again listen to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njb6AMbOnLA at about 00:35-00:45

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Originally Posted by Оля

And, does anybody know what is the ethnic origin of this name (I can't find that on the Internet)? It sounds East European...

Maybe Polish? See Lysaczek: http://www.fotka.pl/profil/lysaczek and Lisaczek http://www.fotka.pl/profil/lisaczek/ Or Slovakia? See Lisáček: http://www.discogs.com/Menthol-Debut/release/1076210
March 28th, 2009, 09:17 AM
Оля

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I just thought that everyone in America knows about him much more than one can find on the Internet, or at least knows who he is and how the name is pronounced. :-D

As for IPA, I don't understand it, and most of its symbols look like undecipherable signs to me.
March 28th, 2009, 02:07 PM
Matroskin Kot

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Originally Posted by Оля

I just thought that everyone in America knows about him much more than one can find on the Internet, or at least knows who he is and how his name is pronounced. :-D

Первый раз о нем слышу. Кажется, что ударения падают на два слога - первый и третьий - одинаково. А я думаю что это лучше звучит если бы ударение пало на второй слог, и только.

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As for IPA, I don't understand it, and most of its symbols look like indecipherable signs to me.

Олечка, твой английский просто супер!
March 28th, 2009, 03:06 PM
Оля

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Originally Posted by Matroskin Kot

Первый раз о нем слышу.

Я его еще пару лет назад заприметила. :oops:

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Originally Posted by Matroskin Kot

Кажется, [s:2ifo9f6r]что[/s:2ifo9f6r] ударение падает на два слога - первый и третий - одинаково. А я думаю, что [s:2ifo9f6r]это[/s:2ifo9f6r] лучше [s:2ifo9f6r]звучит[/s:2ifo9f6r] бы звучало, если бы ударение [s:2ifo9f6r]пало[/s:2ifo9f6r] падало на второй слог, и только.

А у нас многие комментаторы так и говорят - Лисачек.

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Олечка, твой английский просто супер!

Хех.. :crazy: Спасибо. :D
(undecipherable было взято из словаря :( )
March 28th, 2009, 04:04 PM
Matroskin Kot

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Originally Posted by Оля

(undecipherable было взято из словаря :( )

Прошу прощение. Не надо было исправить это. Я всегда думал, что эти слова отличались, хотя бы небольшой разницой. А теперь я искал какое-то различие в словарях - и его нет.
Живи и процветай!
March 28th, 2009, 04:12 PM
Оля

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Originally Posted by Matroskin Kot

Прошу прощения. Не надо было исправлять это. Я всегда думал, что эти слова отличаются, хотя бы [s:2x38bb6r]небольшой разницей[/s:2x38bb6r] немного. А теперь я поискал в словарях, есть ли какое-то различие _ - и его нет.
April 23rd, 2009, 07:45 AM
moo-cow

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http://inogolo.com/

"the practical, easy-to-use website devoted to the English pronunciation of the names of people, places, and miscellaneous stuff. The site contains a searchable database of names with both phonetic and audio pronunciations in English."

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