Members chubrocker Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 Well, huh? I see it all the time. It's Korean, I think...??? Anyhoo, give me a clue on how to pronounce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members baracuda2004 Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 WIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members takeout Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 "Winn". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JacieFB Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 I've known lots of folks that were from Vietnam that have that name. "Win" is how some pronounced it. "Nu-gyen" is another. "Nu-win" is another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Incubitabus Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 "Winn". I've heard it both as "Winn" and "Nuh-guy-yen", but I only heard the latter of the two in my small town in Minnesota where I think the family just gave in to people's mispronunciations just to make life easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Svi Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 "Nu-win" is another. I knew a girl with that name (first name) and that's how she pronounced it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Funkee1 Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 Nu- win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JacieFB Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 I've heard it both as "Winn" and "Nuh-guy-yen", but I only heard the latter of the two in my small town in Minnesota where I think the family just gave in to people's mispronunciations just to make life easier. I think this is not uncommon. In one of the cases I mentioned, it was a guy who had been adopted from Vietnam as a small child. It's highly possible that he just adapted to the Americanized version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members greenshag Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 the n portion is a very small portion of win. Nguyen is basically the Smith for Vietnamese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members picker13 Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 there's a flash player on this website that will play the vietnamese pronunciation of Nguyen Nguyen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members misterhinkydink Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 Nu- win We have a winner. The 'nu' is very soft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lug Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 We have a winner. The 'nu' is very soft. He should have posted "nuwin" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thumper Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 nu-WIN It's Vietnamese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bholder Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 I've heard "new-gin" used as well, but I suspect that was a compromise to try to appease the folks that couldn't handle the real pronunciation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1tallbassguy Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 I wonder how Jorge Bush pronounces it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members i_wanna_les_paul Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 I wonder how Jorge Bush pronounces it... However he damn well pleases! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thelurker Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 I've also heard it as "Gwin", with a slightly nasal "N" at the front, not really pronounced, but there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members niomosy Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 Well, huh? I see it all the time. It's Korean, I think...???Anyhoo, give me a clue on how to pronounce. Definitely not Korean. It's Vietnamese. Korean would be "Kim" "Lee" "Cho" "Im" "Park" "Pak" and a few others (there's more, but Kim, Lee, and Park are the really common ones). I typically hear it "Win". Sometimes, it's "nuguyen". Sometimes, "nu-win". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lokidecat Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 my friend (who's name it is) pronounces it nWhen More of a "eh" then a "ih", but that's just accent, really. heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members misterhinkydink Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 I wonder how Jorge Bush pronounces it... However Dick Cheney tells him to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mudbass Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 the n portion is a very small portion of win.Nguyen is basically the Smith for Vietnamese. It's a far more common name than Smith. I read somewhere that nearly 50% of the people in Vietnam are named Nguyen which could get real confusing on father's day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thumper Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 However Dick Cheney tells him to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gspointer Posted July 28, 2007 Members Share Posted July 28, 2007 I've also heard it as "Gwin", with a slightly nasal "N" at the front, not really pronounced, but there. I had a friend in the early 80's that moved here from viet-nam, that is how he pronounced it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dwalmz Posted July 28, 2007 Members Share Posted July 28, 2007 I've heard it pronounced as 'Guinn'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassman1956 Posted July 28, 2007 Members Share Posted July 28, 2007 From some of the Chinese at work, I would guess at something like ng-(like ing without the i) ng-EYE-un Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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