This man is probably the most well known person in the world. But yet his name continues to be mauled. I myself was confused for quite a while, thanks largely to our I-know-it-all anchor Mr Arnab Goswami who did an exclusive interview with Julian Assange. He spoke to him for almost an hour and repeatedly referred to him as Mr. us-ahn-jay. God! Mr us-ahn-jay must have thought Indians to be imbeciles. I mean, the man is sitting before you. Why don't you check his name? You can see this blunder here http://www.timesnow.tv/The-Julian-Assange-Interview-1/videoshow/4371560.cms. Note how the voiceover guy gets the pronunciation right, but the interviewer doesn't!!
The international media (thanks to wikipedia) has got a different (slightly French) take of his name. us-onzh is how they pronounce it.
However, thankfully Julian Assange has started his own show. And he pronounces his name as joo-li-un us-ahnj (जूलियन असांज). Hear him say his own name here.
2 comments:
I believe it should be "Pronunciation ADVICE", not "advise", which is a verb and doesn't fit in.
Dear qatzone
Thanks for your input. I have made the correction. I wonder how the error occurred in the first place.
I am starved for feedback on this blog.
Thanks once again.
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