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Help[Opinions] Pronouncing Zsazsa as ZAH-zah?
With the long "ah" sound. Would it work, and how would it sound for an adult? I'm wondering if it's a bit too La Cage.
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I think so. When I hear the name, in my mind I say "Zah-sah", so that's pretty similar to what you'd like.
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Sofia explained the pronunciation very well. Like beethoven said, I think Zaza would make more sense. However, I don't think it sounds good for too many adults.
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Why not just Zaza? Zha-zha is pretty well engrained with english speakers, I think, because of Ms Gabor. Zaza's much more intuitive.
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Zsazsa IS pronounced with an AH sound, just that it's ZHAH-zhah' (zs is like the French J in Jacques). How were you pronouncing it?
ETA: The Hungarian pronunciation is a bit different, but hard to explain and replicate if you don't speak Hungarian, so this is the closest an English speaker usually gets to the original.
ETA: The Hungarian pronunciation is a bit different, but hard to explain and replicate if you don't speak Hungarian, so this is the closest an English speaker usually gets to the original.
This message was edited 2/13/2011, 11:33 AM
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It says ZHAW-zhaw on here...
Or is that the same?
Or is that the same?
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The Hungarian pronunciation is a bit different, but hard to explain and replicate if you don't speak Hungarian, so this is the closest an English speaker usually gets to the original. They would spell the long AH sound as á.
You can hear it in one of these:
http://www.forvo.com/word/g%C3%A1bor_zsazsa/ -you can hear the difference here, since she has á in her last name.
http://www.forvo.com/word/zsa_zsa_gabor/
You can hear it in one of these:
http://www.forvo.com/word/g%C3%A1bor_zsazsa/ -you can hear the difference here, since she has á in her last name.
http://www.forvo.com/word/zsa_zsa_gabor/
This message was edited 2/13/2011, 2:15 PM
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I can't say it very well, then. Oh dear.
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Hmmm... I might just stick it on my list anyway, then...
How do you pronounce Barbara?
How do you pronounce Barbara?
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In Croatian it's 'BAHR-bah-rah', and the Rs are soft.
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