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Pronunciation??

Unread postby scubastevesgirly » Fri Jul 08, 2005 12:18 am

Can somebody tell me for sure how to pronounce 'Yelena Isinbayeva' and 'Sergei Bubka'....and 'Sauer'...and maybe any other confusing names I can't think of at the moment.

I think I got it...but I'm also not from E. Europe.

I think it would be good if when i talk about PV to my unappreciative friends for me to at least be pronouncing the names right :D
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Re: Pronunciation??

Unread postby Scott Go Pre » Fri Jul 08, 2005 12:29 am

scubastevesgirly wrote:Can somebody tell me for sure how to pronounce 'Yelena Isinbayeva' and 'Sergei Bubka'....and 'Sauer'...and maybe any other confusing names I can't think of at the moment.

I think I got it...but I'm also not from E. Europe.

I think it would be good if when i talk about PV to my unappreciative friends for me to at least be pronouncing the names right :D


Yelena Isinbayeva> Ye-lay-na Is-in-bay-e-va
Sergei Bubka > Ser-gee Boob-ka
Sauer > Sour (pretty much sounds like that)

I had a hard time with Yelena and Mary Sauer.
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Unread postby LHSpolevault » Fri Jul 08, 2005 11:18 am

man.. and i always thought it was "sir-gay bub-kuh"
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Unread postby Mecham » Fri Jul 08, 2005 3:01 pm

lol Sir Gay! Reporting! just kidding.....
Just you wait...
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Unread postby scubastevesgirly » Fri Jul 08, 2005 8:12 pm

Mecham wrote:lol Sir Gay! Reporting! just kidding.....



HAHAHA

...thanks...I had all of them ok, except i was saying Ye-lee-na instead of Ye-lay-na
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Unread postby Scott Go Pre » Fri Jul 08, 2005 11:27 pm

LHSpolevault wrote:man.. and i always thought it was "sir-gay bub-kuh"


You may be right with the first name, I have trouble writing out pronounciations.
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Unread postby LHSpolevault » Fri Jul 08, 2005 11:41 pm

so is it boobka or bubkuh? lol
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