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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, > vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit > www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html