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[] My name really is hard for non-native speakers

Imagine, you’re not a native Dutch speaker and you come across someone named “Gijs”. How on earth do you pronounce that? Well, for reasons which will currently remain a small mystery (but will likely be cleared up later) I have a demo version of JAWS, a screenreader by Freedom Scientific, installed. So now I can give you:

Yup, it’s hard alright!

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2 Responses to “My name really is hard for non-native speakers”

  1. Ilja Says:
    December 16th, 2006 at 15:55

    yup, it is a tough name indeed Gijs :)

  2. Jelmer Says:
    December 22nd, 2006 at 12:20

    Jo visst är det svårt att uttala…på svenska skulle det låta som ‘gais’…..jätteroligt :)

    Vi ses/Jelmer

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