NG - Pronounciation ?

[Travailes]

Is it 'ing' or 'emg' ?
Don't want to insult a new contact I'm meeting next week !

[nakatago]

"Nang" but shorter. Some pronounce it as "ing"

If Vietnamese...http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/154922

[Vaucluse]

One of my favourite jokes is asking Chinese how they would shout out the name Ng across a street . . .


Yes, I know . . . too much time on my hands

[Strong Eagle]

Say the word 'Young'. Feel the position of your tongue... hey that word will work as well... then keep only the 'ng' as in 'ung'.

[Strong Eagle]

"Nang" but shorter. Some pronounce it as "ing"

If Vietnamese...http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/154922

-1 - Definitely 'ung' as in pronouncing 'young' if you are Chinese... and for that matter, Vietnamese.

[ecureilx]

One of my favourite jokes is asking Chinese how they would shout out the name Ng across a street . . .


Yes, I know . . . too much time on my hands

it it was a guy, it would have been 'ah ng' .. the ah loud to get the attention ..

female ? forgot leh .. Souchiye ?? (or something like that ?? )


Edited: for male or female, ah applies .. so "AH Ng .. " ..

[the lynx]

Yup, SE is right. Depress the back of your tongue to your throat. What happens when you try to call it out loud is that you will tend to stress the U part of the 'ung', like a grunt.

And yes, I will resort to Ah Ng if I really have shout across the street.

[BigSis]

Yup - what Strong Eagle said. It's kind of like a quiet 'u' sound so more emphasis is given on the 'n' and the 'g'.

Instead of Ung - it's more uNG............if you know what I'm trying to say

[Splatted]

Well, I had a friend who's surname was "Ng", and it was pronounced "nnn" (g was silent)

Like saying "mmmmmm" when you find something yummy, but with an "n" instead, and shorter.

[Nailah]

...just say "mmm" without mumming your mouth....


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[zzm9980]

Well, I had a friend who's surname was "Ng", and it was pronounced "nnn" (g was silent)

Like saying "mmmmmm" when you find something yummy, but with an "n" instead, and shorter.

You probably mis-heard, or he anglicized the pronunciation for his western friends.

My wife's name (one of the most common Vietnamese female names) has an Ng for both her surname (Nguyen - pronounced NG-ween, not "win" for you Americans!) and her given name. I've had pronunciation practice by fire

[ecureilx]

You probably mis-heard, or he anglicized the pronunciation for his western friends.

My wife's name (one of the most common Vietnamese female names) has an Ng for both her surname (Nguyen - pronounced NG-ween, not "win" for you Americans!) and her given name. I've had pronunciation practice by fire

But .. t Viet people comfortable if you call Nguyen as NUYEN ?? Atleast my colleague here introduce themselves as Nuyen !!!! The NG morphing into N !

[zzm9980]

Same as before:
"You probably mis-heard, or he anglicized the pronunciation for his western friends. "

If you go to Vietnam, you will only hear 'NG-ween'. Maybe a bit more 'NG-wen' in the south (or a cross between the two, the primary difference being the vowel's pronunciation, not the 'NG' part.)

[ecureilx]

Same as before:
"You probably mis-heard, or he anglicized the pronunciation for his western friends. "

If you go to Vietnam, you will only hear 'NG-ween'. Maybe a bit more 'NG-wen' in the south (or a cross between the two, the primary difference being the vowel's pronunciation, not the 'NG' part.)

Quite possible .. as I bumped into another Vietnam Guy, Phuong - he says "Call me FONG" is that so ?? hah .. Maybe living in US, he may have been converted

[Splatted]

Well, I had a friend who's surname was "Ng", and it was pronounced "nnn" (g was silent)

Like saying "mmmmmm" when you find something yummy, but with an "n" instead, and shorter.

You probably mis-heard, or he anglicized the pronunciation for his western friends.

My wife's name (one of the most common Vietnamese female names) has an Ng for both her surname (Nguyen - pronounced NG-ween, not "win" for you Americans!) and her given name. I've had pronunciation practice by fire

No, I didn't mishear.. he was of Chinese background by the way. Also, I used to attend a mostly Asian church, where we actually had several others also with the same surname. They also pronounced it the same way.

I'm aware Vietnamese pronounce 'ng' in nguyen differently. Is the person actually Vietnamese?