How do you pronounce the name Nguyen?

[tkr4lf]

I've always wondered and I've never heard it actually said, only seen it written. How in the hell do you pronounce this Asian name?

All in all a pretty pointless thread, I just want an answer on this.

[Symmetry]

I've always wondered and I've never heard it actually said, only seen it written. How in the hell do you pronounce this Asian name?

All in all a pretty pointless thread, I just want an answer on this.

Check wiki, look it up, there's often a sound file.

[Army of GOD]

thankfully I've never had to pronounce it before, but I'd guess "Guee-in"

[Phatscotty]

wen.

[2dimes]

g-win

[TA1LGUNN3R]

wen.

This or "win" is what I've heard, with sort of a short airy -wh in the beginning.

Source: I have an uncle who married a Vietnamese woman whose surname was Nguyen.

-TG

[Army of GOD]

wen.

This or "win" is what I've heard, with sort of a short airy -wh in the beginning.

Source: I have an uncle who married a Vietnamese woman whose surname was Nguyen.

-TG

"me so horny"

[daddy1gringo]

What I've heard is "NEW-yen."

[nietzsche]

I don't.

[KoolBak]

What I've heard is "NEW-yen."

Bingo

[tkr4lf]

What I've heard is "NEW-yen."

Bingo

Word.

[natty dread]

gnu-yen

[Woodruff]

I've always wondered and I've never heard it actually said, only seen it written. How in the hell do you pronounce this Asian name?

All in all a pretty pointless thread, I just want an answer on this.

Every student I've had with that spelling (three or four) pronounced it "Hwin" (with a VERY soft H).

[kentington]

I've always wondered and I've never heard it actually said, only seen it written. How in the hell do you pronounce this Asian name?

All in all a pretty pointless thread, I just want an answer on this.

Every student I've had with that spelling (three or four) pronounced it "Hwin" (with a VERY soft H).

Yes. I actually went to school with a lot of Vietnamese students. I currently have a Vietnamese co-worker and most people miss the H.

[tkr4lf]

Hmmm, so not much consensus. Most people have good sounding sources, but differing pronunciations.

Maybe I just need to find a Vietnamese person and ask them myself. That's what the name is? Vietnamese? For some reason I was thinking Japanese... good to know.

Thanks for the responses. It was obviously very important that I get an answer.

[TA1LGUNN3R]

Yeah its the Vietnamese Smith or Johnson.

-TG

[xeno]

I was in drum corps with a guy whose last name was spelled exactly Nguyen and his first name was Dustin. He pronounced it "when" or "win" so we called him kansas because of Dustin "Win" like dust in the wind for the band.. is anyone making the connection???

[notyou2]

One time in band camp.....

[xeno]

Let me just say band provides an excellent avenue for sex for even the most hopeless high school freshman.

[tkr4lf]

Let me just say band provides an excellent avenue for sex for even the most hopeless high school freshman.

I should have been a band nerd.

[xeno]

Let me just say band provides an excellent avenue for sex for even the most hopeless high school freshman.

I should have been a band nerd.

Think about it for a second guys. Its one of the only co-ed groups you can join in high school and 90 % of the time were left alone and the school even gives bands rooms that you can be alone in. Im not saying its an orgy going on, just that if you know the right moves you can manipulate a lot of those stupid woodwind chicks into giving you bj's in the practice room during lunch.

[daddy1gringo]

I was in drum corps with a guy whose last name was spelled exactly Nguyen and his first name was Dustin. He pronounced it "when" or "win" so we called him kansas because of Dustin "Win" like dust in the wind for the band.. is anyone making the connection???

Dustin Nguyen? That was the name of the actor who was on the original "21 Jump Street" series where Johnny Depp got his start. I don't know how old you are, any chance it was the same guy?

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0629006/

P.S. The IMDB article says he pronounces it "Win"

[xeno]

I was in drum corps with a guy whose last name was spelled exactly Nguyen and his first name was Dustin. He pronounced it "when" or "win" so we called him kansas because of Dustin "Win" like dust in the wind for the band.. is anyone making the connection???

Dustin Nguyen? That was the name of the actor who was on the original "21 Jump Street" series where Johnny Depp got his start. I don't know how old you are, any chance it was the same guy?

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0629006/

P.S. The IMDB article says he pronounces it "Win"

No chance. This guy is like two maybe three years older than me.

[Phatscotty]

I used to know a guy named Torbin.

We called him Tor-bin Laden

[whitestazn88]

the actual vietnamese pronunciation has a lot more to it than just a simple "win"/"wen" to it. I can assure you that it isn't meant to be 2 syllables. but as we are in a country where the language doesn't have as many accents to add to vowels, any pronunciation that you use is ok.