Pronunciation Guide to Names
Vladimir Nabokov
Russian-American novelist
Name: Vladimir
Name: Nabokov
Tags: author russian
Notes: source of pronunciation-- Oxford BBC Guide to Pronunciation
Regarding the pronunciation of his last name, in the BBC Guide it notes-- "Although the author's surname is often pronounced nab-uh-kof, he told the BBC that this [nuh-boe-kof] was his preferred English pronunciation, with the middle syllable stressed, and rhyming with 'smoke'."
Russian-American novelist
Name: Vladimir
Phonetic Pronunciation: vlah-DEE-meer
Audio Pronunciation:Origin: Russian
Notes: a common, acceptable anglicization is VLA-duh-meer
Name: Nabokov
Phonetic Pronunciation: nuh-BO-kof
Audio Pronunciation:Origin: Russian
Tags: author russian
Notes: source of pronunciation-- Oxford BBC Guide to Pronunciation
Regarding the pronunciation of his last name, in the BBC Guide it notes-- "Although the author's surname is often pronounced nab-uh-kof, he told the BBC that this [nuh-boe-kof] was his preferred English pronunciation, with the middle syllable stressed, and rhyming with 'smoke'."
Pronunciation Key
Syllables are separated by dashes
Stressed syllables are capitalized
Quotation marks ("xxx") enclose a whole word pronounced as in American english
Examples below assume an American english accent
Vowels
Example
UH
mother
A
cat
AY,AI
ape
AH
pot
AW
saw
OU
out
E,EH
met
EE
tree
I,IH
bit
IE,Y
tie,try
O,OH,OE
go,toe
OY,OI
toy
OO
boot,shoe
UU
foot,put
R-colored vowels
Example
UR
murder
AIR
hair,bare
EER
beer,hear
OOR
poor
OR
door,for
AR
car
Consonants
Example
B
box
CH
chip
D
dog
F
food
G
go
H
help
J
jaw
K
can
L
look, bell
M
man
N
near
NG
ring
P
poor
R
root
S,SS
sun,kiss
SH
shape
T
tin
TH
thumb,then
V
van
W
wand
Y
young
Z
zoom
ZH
vision
PY
pupil
L-endings
Example
AL
pal
ALL
ball
AIL
pail
ULL
hull
OOL
tool
OAL
coal
EEL,EAL
deal
ILL
pill
ILE
style,pile
Other
Example
IKE
bike
INE
line
ITE
light,bite
ICE
dice
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