How will my name be pronounced at my graduation ceremony

How will my name be pronounced at my graduation ceremony?

Your name will be pronounced phonetically.

Phonetic pronunciation of your first and last names is saying them as they sound, not as they are written.

Here is an example.

John Barowski (John

Ba--ROFF--skee) Emily Nguyen (Emily WIN) On Commencement day, you will receive a card with your name.

You will hand this card to a reader during the ceremony so that your name can be announced as you cross the stage.

Some names may be obvious, and some may require special attention.

If you would like to guide us on the pronunciation of your name, you are most welcome.

To write the phonetic spelling of your name on your own, follow the steps below.

Spelling Your Name

If some or part of your name is not available online, you may want to give us the pronunciation yourself.

Just follow the steps below. Step One.

Break up your name into its parts. Your name may not use all the spaces below, or may need more spaces.

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(For example, Wolf

gang

Am

a

de

us

Mo

zart) Step Two.

Show where the name is stressed, using capital letters. Put a hyphen where needed.

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-- gang

Am

-- a

-- DE -- us

MO

zart)

Step Three. Finally, guide us to the best pronunciation. If your name is very similar to familiar words in English, write it using those familiar words.

Emily Lamagna could write, "My last name sounds like lasagna".

OR, Give us a phonetic spelling using the guide below. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart would write "VOOLF--gang

Am--a-- DE--us

MOT--sart".

My Name Sounds Like _____

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Phonetic Spelling Guide

Vowels

Examples

Phonetic Spelling

A

fat, land

a

ape, date, play

ay

ah, father, car

ah

America, ago

uh

E

check, ten, when

E

the, benefit

uh

Green, evil, he

Ee

I

ice, bite, high

Y

Is, hit

Ih

O

hot, fought, not

ah

open, tone, go

Oh

loose, tool, crew

Oo

toy, oil

Oy

U

up, cut

Uh

duty, tube, assume Oo

fur, deter

Ur

use, cute, few

Yoo

Y

family, city

ee

my, dry

Y

Sample Names Nancy (NAN--see) Jason (JAY--suhn) Adriana (Ah--dree--AH--nah) Bianca (Bee--YAHN--cuh)

Ken (KEN) Alex (AL--uhks) Maria (Mah--REE--ah)

Michael

(MY--kuhl) Lindy (LIHN--dee)

John (JAHN) Rose (ROHZ) Judy (JOO--dee) Leroy (LEE--roy)

Cynthia (SIN--thee--uh) Judy (JOO--dee)

Eunice (YOO--nis)

Amy (AY--mee) Kyle (KY--uhl)

Most consonants will be written the way they sound, but there are a few special cases.

Examples

GI

giant

Phonetic Spelling j

Sample Names Gianna (Jee--AH--nah); Italian

GI

Gitano brand jeans gh

Giselle (GHEE--sehl--luh); German

H

loch

hh

Ahmed (AHH--med)

TH

Thought, thin, bath th

TH

bathe

thh

Z

Zebra, rose

z

ZH

Azure, leisure

zh

Y

family, city

ee

my, dry

Y

Any Questions?

Send us a note at gcorson@ndnu.edu.

Beth (BETH) Heather (Heh--THHER) Zenobia (Zeh--NOH--bee--uh) Jean--Paul (Zhan--PAWL) Amy (AY--mee) Kyle (KY--uhl)

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