I rarely hear this word pronounced properly. And when someone does, it warms the cockles of my heart. But I rarely get that pleasure. The ex president of Philipines on whose name an international award has existed for over 5 decades. Some call it the Asian Nobel prize. A lot of eminent Indians have got it (Vinoba Bhave, CD Deshmukh, Baba Amte, Kiran Bedi, Verghese Kurien, Mother Teresa, Satyajit Ray, Ravi Shankar and TN Seshan to name a few) and this name is often quoted in the media. But nobody bothers to get it right.
Ramon Magsaysay is his name. rum-own mug-sigh-sigh is the correct way to pronounce it. If you can read Hindi, it would read as रमोन मगसईसई.
But even the guys who get this award say they have got the mag-suh-say award. Well the name of a Rs 25 lac award deserves more respect.
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