how to pronounce "fridrich"??

[panyan]

OFFICIAL REPLY FROM HER:

Well, the correct Czech pronunciation is fridrich with a "ch" sound at the
end (Dutch and Czechs have this sound and it is rather difficult to
reproduce by English-speaking folks). This is why I am OK when people
pronounce it as fridrick. The rest of the name is standard in the sense
that the "i"'s are pronounced as English "e".

Is this sufficient? I guess the only way how to explain fully is over the
phone ...

Jessica

over at the speedsolving
forums we are debating the correct way
of > saying "fridrich". Please settle this once and for all with the
official way we are meant to say it.


Thank you

panyan


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[Cride5]

Well, the correct Czech pronunciation is fridrich with a "ch" sound at the end (Dutch and Czechs have this sound and it is rather difficult to reproduce by English-speaking folks).

.. unless you live in a Scottish broch by the loch

 

[brunson]

Awesome, Panyan. No d***ing around, go straight to the source. I thought it was "Freed", but I guess I was wrong.

There we have it: Frid as in Fred and rich as in wreck, except with the weird Czech "coughing up phlegm" sound at the end, but you don't have to do it if you don't want to.

 

[SaberSlash49]

I pronounce it /frid-rik/ and /rew/

 

[brunson]

I pronounce it /frid-rik/ and /rew/

Well, if you read three posts above, you'll realize it doesn't matter how you pronounce it.

 

[shelley]

To all the people pronouncing the x in Roux: lrn2French

 

[daniel0731ex]

so, in conclusion the name is pronounced "fred-rich" right?

 

[Stefan]

so, in conclusion the name is pronounced "fred-rich" right?

Depends on how you pronounce "fred-rich", but probably not.

 

[Paul Wagner]

Okay, I am German and my father speaks the language (doesn't live here anymore though) And my middle name is Fridrich and it is pronounced, Frid-rich

It matters on the language/ accent here is how we pronounce it in German. (according to my father)

F-Rid Frid
Rich

Stefan, is that how you would pronounce it as well?

Fridrich

But my mother pronounces it, Fridrick

 

[SaberSlash49]

I pronounce it /frid-rik/ and /rew/

Well, if you read three posts above, you'll realize it doesn't matter how you pronounce it.

Oh, I didn't see Jessica Fridrich give an offical response.. <_<

Well, I guess this thread is about dead?

 

[Johannes91]

so, in conclusion the name is pronounced "fred-rich" right?

Depends on how you pronounce "fred-rich", but probably not.

Indeed.

Why does almost everybody here use English instead of a phonetic alphabet? Do you (think you) understand each other perfectly, even though it's really ambiguous and many sounds in other languages don't even exist in English? If so, can someone point me to a site that tells how to convert it to IPA or something similar so I can understand it, too? It'd also be useful when I'm asked how my name is pronounced and the person insists on "writing it in English".

 

[daniel0731ex]

so, in conclusion the name is pronounced "fred-rich" right?

Depends on how you pronounce "fred-rich", but probably not.

Indeed.

Why does almost everybody here use English instead of a phonetic alphabet? Do you (think you) understand each other perfectly, even though it's really ambiguous and many sounds in other languages don't even exist in English? If so, can someone point me to a site that tells how to convert it to IPA or something similar so I can understand it, too? It'd also be useful when I'm asked how my name is pronounced and the person insists on "writing it in English".

whatever.

so is it fred(as in the name fred)-rich(as in "calcium-rich") or is
it frid(fr- as in "fried" and -id as in "i'd")-rich?

 

[pcharles93]

Fred-wreck. In Fridrich's response, she clearly states that i's are spoken as e's.

 

[Ellis]

Fred-wreck. In Fridrich's response, she clearly states that i's are spoken as e's.

Why Fred-wreck?

Why not Fred-wrech? She did say "ch" didn't she? Wreck does not have a "ch" sound.

 

[pcharles93]

She meant that phlegmy 'ch' sound, and if you can find a word that uses that sound and is pronounced by everybody that way, go ahead and post it on here so we all know what you are talking about.

 

[Ellis]

She meant that phlegmy 'ch' sound, and if you can find a word that uses that sound and is pronounced by everybody that way, go ahead and post it on here so we all know what you are talking about.

Well that would be hard since I don't even know what I'm talking about. I'm probably going to keep pronouncing it as fridrick because I suck and it doesn't really matter to me.

 

[ChaosWZ]

roux is pronounced roo, like kanga"roo" its french =P GG peoples

 

[*LukeMayn*]

I guess I fail. Before this thread I pronounced:

Fri - drich method
Not like "Fry" but like Fr and the i is like the i in "chip" or "lip"
Drich - like rich, but with a Dr sound like "Drink" in the beginning.

Ro - ux
I said it like "row" then "ix"

now I know it's "Rew" but it sounds strange so I'll keep saying Row - ix

 

[Rune]

Well, the correct Czech pronunciation is fridrich with a "ch" sound at the end (Dutch and Czechs have this sound and it is rather difficult to reproduce by English-speaking folks).

.. unless you live in a Scottish broch by the loch

Is the scottish pronunciation of "broch" identical with the pronunciation here:
Webster Dictionary with PRONUNCIATION and Sound?

 

[Johannes91]

Fred-wreck. In Fridrich's response, she clearly states that i's are spoken as e's.

She said as English "e", which usually means /i/, like in the word "English". In some cases it's not pronounced at all, sometimes as /i:/ ("he"), sometimes /ɛ/ ("then"), sometimes /ə/ ("the cube"), etc.. Clear indeed.