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[Tools-discuss] Re: A "pronunciation" resource?

Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com> Sun, 02 November 2025 18:42 UTC

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On 11/2/25 8:31 AM, Paul Hoffman wrote:
> I support Rich's idea. Here's a real-world example from the ICANN's internal Slack:
> 
> Pitinan Kooarmornpatana
> P-T-Nun
> 
> (In case that isn't clear, she put her preferred pronunciation in herself.)
> 
> --Paul Hoffman
> 

Hi,

We should do it. It's not only pronunciation. Some languages have really 
lengthy formal registers that you might use if signing your name to an 
Internet-Draft.

But maybe the name when you talk to them is just "Bo". Just like I'm ok 
with "Rob", but I have to sign things as "Robert Franklin Sayre".

The rules for this all differ, so we should let people clear it up 
according to their own opinions.

thanks,
Rob

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