lol hey dejavu .. we had this chat b4 .. hahaha those angmohs dunno how to pronounce names one .. ahaha.

that being said, u know how it is with my name too .. its a scrabble sure winnarz too in a way like urs haha.

it possible to spell out your name for English pronunciation purposes only? How far off is Chee-a-ou-yee-un?

i'm not sure how to quantify a degree of difference lol. But let's say the way you say it sounds a bit uglier than it's supposed to.

YONGKANG! OMG!

yes lol i coulda been named that!

then ppl ask u if u were a man how! :/

yeah that's worse than my problem now

but then again... not like they wld know it's a mannish name

wld u consider an english name or sthg? or just sthg like Lara?

i would probably use Sheylara but i've had enough of changing my name legally

Only one more time. Just suck it up and do it. It'll be fine.

Of course I don't want to make it sound bad - that's why I hoped you'd contribute your interpretation of the way it should be spoken

Like how about some "rhymes with" words?

how to find english words that can rhyme with the name ler...

erm it's not possible to come up with anything nearer than Chiao yoon. my name has sounds that do not exist in the English tongue at all!

Kew Yoo-n

the yoon part rhyme with moon? Or is it supposed to be like you-un?

doesn't rhyme with moon exactly. um. there is simply no rhyme for it! lol

Could u speak it in a sound clip for us? will feel like a lousy Sheylara fan if I can't say your name right

to illustrate how difficult it is, I have said my name to piers a thousand times and he's tried to repeat, but he simply can't make his

tongue make the sounds! lol

ok I'll think about the sound clip. feel silly doing that though!

This challenge may be difficult but its not impossible!

is it like CHI-EE-OW YI-UN (like un dos tres in spanish)

djskyler: haha trying to help u out there mate.

dunno if it made sense tho to you tho.

i understand the frustrations tho, i cant get alot of Scandinavian / russian names right either .

i found audio clips online! just click on the speaker icon on each page

Qiao = zidian.odict.net/8554471...

Yun = zidian.odict.net/8603913...

Perfect find! Thanks, Qiaoyun!

Yun is kinda like how some westerners pronounce ruin.

ah, i like the website. the lady doesn't get pissed off with me when I ask her to keep repeating your name

lol