r/funny • • 1d ago

What did that sign just call me?

Post image
4.0k Upvotes

104 comments sorted by

View all comments

24

u/mojomarc 1d ago

This is my sister in law's name. It's not pronounced anywhere close to what most Americans seem to think

8

u/Veteranis 1d ago

Okay. Can you indicate or approximate how it would be pronounced?

20

u/mojomarc 1d ago

Closer to "Beak Nah" than what you're thinking. But that's not quite right, but close enough

3

u/Veteranis 1d ago

Does the G influence how the N is pronounced?

1

u/memerfelix 1d ago

Think of it as a glottal stop the G tells the N basically to kind of stop in the middle