Here’s yet another pronunciation tip. This time I’m using the name of an Olympic downhill ski racer as an excuse to tell you how to say names in Albanian, which, although it can be disconcerting to look at, is disconcertingly easy to pronounce for English speakers.
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Tagged Albanian, Anjezë Gonxha Bojaxhiu, Denni Xhepa, Dua Lipa, Pronunciation Tip
Here’s another pronunciation tip. It’s your simple, clear guide to saying Finnish names. Once you know this basic information, all that’s left is to get the hang of it. Which may take some practice. Fortunately, there’s something therapeutic about saying a lot of Finnish names. Try it… with the 23 names of the 2026 women’s Olympic hockey team from Finland: Sanni Ahola, Jenni Hiirikoski, Elisa Holopainen, Sini Karjalainen, Michelle Karvinen, Anni Keisala, Ida Kuoppala, Emilia Kyrkkö, Nelli Laitinen, Julia Liikala, Petra Nieminen, Emma Nuutinen, Jenniina Nylund, Sanni Rantala, Ronja Savolainen, Julia Schalin, Elli Suoranta, Susanna Tapani, Noora Tulus, Viivi Vainikka, Sanni Vanhanen, Emilia Vesa, and Siiri Yrjölä.
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Tagged Anni Keisala, Elisa Holopainen, Elli Suoranta, Emilia Kyrkkö, Emilia Vesa, Emma Nuutinen, Finland, Finnish, hockey, Ida Kuoppala, Jenni Hiirikoski, Jenniina Nylund, Julia Liikala, Julia Schalin, Michelle Karvinen, Nelli Laitinen, Noora Tulus, Petra Nieminen, Pronunciation Tip, Ronja Savolainen, Sanni Ahola, Sanni Rantala, Sanni Vanhanen, Siiri Yrjölä, Sini Karjalainen, Susanna Tapani, Viivi Vainikka
I’ve finally made another pronunciation tip video. Well, with the Olympics coming around, there are always names that English speakers are going to get confused by. So I’ve taken the occasion to give a quick lesson in what to do when you want to say a Chinese name – specifically one of the names of the Chinese figure skating team for the 2026 Winter Olympics: Jin Boyang, Zhang Ruiyang, Sui Wenjing, Han Cong, Wang Shiyue, and Liu Xinyu.
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Tagged 2026, China, Chinese, figure skating, Han Cong, Jin Boyang, Liu Xinyu, Olympics, Sui Wenjing, Wang Shiyue, Winter Olympics, Zhang Ruiyang
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