The Nobel Prize season has started. The first award goes to jointly to three people (the first two get one half, and the third - who unfortunately is dead now - gets the other half). Their names are as usual being mauled by the media. Wonder why no one bothers to get the names right!
Bruce Beutler is pronounced as Bruce Boy-tler or ब्रूस बॉइट्लर (Sounds a bit like the surname of our own Jagdish Tytler)
Jules Hoffman has French origins. Hence the name is pronounced like Jules Verne's name. zhool Hoffman. The zh sound is the same as that of 's' in pleasure. षूल हॉफ़मन
Ralph Steinman has unfortunately died before receiving his award. Nobel never awards posthumous awards (that's the reason Gandhi did not get it), but if the award has been announced and the laureate dies before the presentation, they still make the award. Well Ralph Steinman is simple. Ralph Stine-mun or रॅल्फ़ स्टाइनमन
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