{"id":4671,"date":"2018-10-09T11:06:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T16:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/julijasukys.com\/?page_id=4671"},"modified":"2019-08-04T14:13:32","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T19:13:32","slug":"oh-dear-how-do-i-pronounce-your-name","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/julijasukys.com\/?page_id=4671","title":{"rendered":"Oh Dear, How Do I Pronounce Your Name?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/julijasukys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Birds.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4675\" src=\"https:\/\/julijasukys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Birds-1024x686.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/julijasukys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Birds-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/julijasukys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Birds-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/julijasukys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Birds-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/julijasukys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Birds-448x300.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hey! Thanks for asking.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;Julija&#8221;<\/span> = You can say <em>Yuliya<\/em> or <em>Julia<\/em> (seriously, I&#8217;m fine with either). Don&#8217;t sweat it.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u0160ukys<\/span> = \u201c<em>Shou-KEESE<\/em>\u201d (&#8216;<em>Shou&#8217;<\/em>\u00a0as in \u2018should&#8217; or \u2018sugar&#8217;; <em>\u201cKeese&#8217;<\/em>\u00a0as in \u2018geese.&#8217;)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Fun Fact:<\/strong> The v on the S (i.e., \u0160) is called a caron or, in some languages, a <em>hachek<\/em> or <em>ha\u010dek<\/em>. Lithuanians call this diacritic a <em>pauk\u0161telis<\/em>, or &#8220;little bird,&#8221; which is sweet. The little bird turns an &#8220;S&#8221; into a &#8220;Sh&#8221; sound.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[Image:\u00a0<a class=\"owner-name truncate\" title=\"Go to Let Ideas Compete's photostream\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/question_everything\/\" data-track=\"attributionNameClick\" data-rapid_p=\"39\">Let Ideas Compete<\/a>]<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/button100x23.png\" style=\"border:0px; width:100; height: 23; \" alt=\"Share Button\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Reddit\",\"Print\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Oh%20Dear%2C%20How%20Do%20I%20Pronounce%20Your%20Name%3F\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey! Thanks for asking. &#8220;Julija&#8221; = You can say Yuliya or Julia (seriously, I&#8217;m fine with either). Don&#8217;t sweat it. \u0160ukys = \u201cShou-KEESE\u201d (&#8216;Shou&#8217;\u00a0as in \u2018should&#8217; or \u2018sugar&#8217;; \u201cKeese&#8217;\u00a0as in \u2018geese.&#8217;) Fun Fact: The v on the S (i.e., \u0160) is called a caron or, in some languages, a hachek or ha\u010dek. 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