Professor at my school named "James Nguyen"

[MEG@COOL]

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Apparently he had some pretty sadistic parents. He he he.

 

[SitraAchra]

what..........does that mean?

or am i the only one??

 

[VPDcurt]

nah you're not the only one. megacool has been known to put up some pretty lame posts - throw another log on the fire.

 

[firebody]

theres a member on here named jnguyen and he apparently goes to UCLA studying physiology.

 

[ajnak182]

nah you're not the only one. megacool has been known to put up some pretty lame posts - throw another log on the fire.

 

[Termwean]

Does she know that it is pronounced "Win?"

Apparently he had some pretty sadistic parents. He he he.

 

[fairy]

isn't it pronounced "nu-yen"

 

[constructor]

either is acceptable... let's ask alex trebek just to be sure...

 

[junathon]

isn't it pronounced "nu-yen"

i thought it was (ne-guy-en)

 

[X.O.]

I thought its was "Wen". Thats how they pronounce it for that flashy vietnamese poker player.

 

[fairy]

well one of my high school teachers, whom i was pretty close with, had the last name nguyen and we always pronounced it "nu-yen" i've also had some friends with the last name, it's a pretty common vietnamese name.

 

[Uegis]

It could be pronounced both ways, Nu-yen or Wen. The Poker player, Scotty Nguyen, pronounces his name Nu-yen. The Dallas Cowboy Linebacker Dat Nguyen pronounces his name Wen. An alternate spelling of the name is Huynh, which is pronounced Wen. The correct way to say the name in Vietnamese is Wen. Like Chinese surnames, most Vietnamese ones are one syllable also.
I have been told that some Vietnamese people tell others it is Nu-yen because its easier for pronounciation and phoenetically makes more sense to westerners.

 

[cathyg]

My brother-in-law is a nu-yen. Interesting story, he lived in a refugee camp after we (the US) ditched Vietnam. Somehow his mother had him and his sister smuggled out and they ended up in the US, where everyone now lives "happily ever after".

 

[VTBoy]

Actually win, wen, and nu-yen are all incorrect. Well uye is a triphthong so the name is monosyllabic. But the ng isn't a w or n sound like many non-vietnamese people think it sounds like ng. The best way I can descripe it in text would be saying ng-u-ing but even that isn't exactly correct.

 

[UTKRower]

isn't it pronounced "nu-yen"

I have a friend with that last name, she pronounces it "new-gen"

 

[medicomel]

Apparently he had some pretty sadistic parents. He he he.

wasn't he the guy on 21 jump street?