@RUTGERS.ARPA:wmartin@ALMSA-1.ARPA (01/25/85)
From: Will Martin -- AMXAL-RI <wmartin@ALMSA-1.ARPA> Hi! The recent traffic about Somtow Sucharitkul prompted me to read some of his stuff, and it is well worth reading. One query: how is his name pronounced? I can think of several variations: Lastname: su-CHAR-it-kul (the one I've been using) such-A-rit-kul SUCHA-rit-kul su-cha-RIT-kul SU-char-it-kul Firstname: SOME-toe some-TAU SAHM-toe SOAM-tau and numerous variations or different ones than the above... Can anyone who knows him, or who knows Thai, enlighten us? Will
rgs@cmu-cs-spice.ARPA (Robert Stockton) (01/27/85)
I have talked with Somtow on several occasions and heard his name pronounced
quite often and it seems to be consistently pronounced as
SOAM-tau su-cha-RIT-kul.
On the other hand, I believe he has stated that his last name may also be
pronounced JONES.
-Robert Stockton
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...!seismo!rgs@CMU-CS-SPICEcrm@duke.UUCP (Charlie Martin) (02/08/85)
In article <380@topaz.ARPA> @RUTGERS.ARPA:wmartin@ALMSA-1.ARPA writes: >From: Will Martin -- AMXAL-RI <wmartin@ALMSA-1.ARPA> > > >The recent traffic about Somtow Sucharitkul prompted me to read some of his >stuff, and it is well worth reading. One query: how is his name pronounced? ... Somtow pronounces his name differently from everybody (like Poul Anderson, it includes sounds that don't occur in English); the canonical pronunciation (that he writes on his name badges etc) is suture-WRIT-cool. Sorry if this is out of date; I'm just catching up. -- Opinions stated here are my own and are unrelated. Charlie Martin (...mcnc!duke!crm)