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Thursday, March 6, 2014

How to pronounce the names of UN Secretary Generals

Trygvie Lie trig-vuh lee ट्रिग्वअ ली
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Trygve_lie.ogg

Dag Hammarskjold dahg hahmurhuld डाग हामरहुल्ड
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sv-Dag_Hammarskj%C3%B6ld.ogg

U Thant ooh thahn(t) ऊ थान

Kurt Waldheim koort vahlt hyme कुअर्ट वाल्टहईम

Javier Perez de Cuellar hah-veer peres di kwhy-yaar हावियर पेरेस द क्वैयार

Boutros Boutros Ghali boot-roos boot-roos ghailee (oo like in book) बुत्रुस बुत्रुस ग़ैली

Kofi Annan coe-fee AN an कोफ़ी अ‍ॅनॅन

Ban Ki Moon pahn gi-moon फान गि मुन 

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