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Lykke and Xiang - Pronunications
I'm curious how you pronounce these names. Lykke is Danish and Xiang is Chinese.
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I think Lykke is like LIKE or LIE-KAY or LIE-KEE.
I think Xiang is like ZHANG or Ziang.
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Link for how to pronounce Lykke...Lykke: http://www.box.net/shared/dkxr4po8wgThis is me speaking there, after recording it, so don't mind my voice. It is a bit rusty today.I hope it works and you get the general idea.
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Xiang: SHeeAHNG, the ee very short (which is why I wrote it as one syllable, the A in Chinese is AH.But of course due to the tone differences, we'll never be able to write down the proper pronunication.
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Xiang is pronounced shang.
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LykkeI'm not Danish, but I assume Lykke would be pronounced LUY-ku. (I believe the y is pronounced like French ue or German ü.)
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