On Sunday August 20 2017 10:17, you wrote to Robert Bashe:
GK> The main reason for this is that there is no single set of standard GK> rules in English how to pronounce things, especially not for names.
Indeed! There is no one to one relation between the written and the spoken form of English. It is almost as they are two different languages.
Why does Ginger not rhime with singer? Why does Reading (the place) rhime with Redding? (as in Otis) Why does Worchester rhime wit booster? Why does Featherstonehaw rhime with Bernard Shaw?
It is totally unpredicatble for a non native speaker.
GK> Plus, this stuff varies heavily even within a single English-speaking GK> country. For example, it is completely unpredictable if the "e" at the GK> end of your name should be silent or not. In that respect, German is GK> easier...
