[lit-ideas] Re: pronouncing philosophers
- From: Teemu Pyyluoma <teme17@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 02:19:51 -0800 (PST)
Two syllabels, Tee-mu, stressing neither is
unnecessary as spoken Finnish isn't that fussy about
that, but if you must then the first syllable but in
"Teemu!" I'd stress the "mu".
The part that anglophones have trouble with is the
double vowel, ee in this case. Not e as in teen, but e
as in Tate or Kate, just stretch the vowel e a bit.
French would spell it té as in sauté. I can't think of
an English word where tee is pronounced the same way
although I've heard guarantee pronounced like that by
Brits. Mu as in ammunition and not as in Munich.
Would that Helsinki U guy by any chance be the same
namesake that did a suprisingly good thesis on
masturbation? Just wondering how it went down on over
here if he still at it.
Cheers,
Teemu
Helsinki, Finland
--- Robert Paul <robert.paul@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The Pacific Division of the American Philosophical
> Association is
> meeting at the Portland Hilton, today through
> Saturday.
>
> This afternoon I went over to chair a session (on
> 'moral psychology'),
> which consisted of one paper and one respondent. The
> paper was given by
> a young man from the University of Helsinki, who is
> spending the year at
> the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His
> first name is Teemu.
> Of course, I had to introduce him, and of course I
> realized I didn't
> know how to pronounce 'Teemu,' which name I've been
> seeing on this list
> for years now and as it turns out silently
> mispronouncing.
>
> That isn't the end of the matter. Even after several
> rehearsals I wasn't
> sure how to pronounce 'Teemu,' and I'm still
> not?although I no longer
> think it rhymes with tea-moo.
>
> Yours in international understanding,
>
> Robert Paul
> Reed College
>
>
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