Re: Hungarian accusative t not after first name?

From: Pekka Karjalainen (pkarjala_at_paju.oulu.fi)
Date: 08/17/04


Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 17:12:58 +0000 (UTC)

In article <10i3hd43ssn0549@corp.supernews.com>, Jim Heckman wrote:
>Thanks. Another poster mentioned that "Micke" is pronounced as
>if spelled "Mikke". Is the double-k pronunciation retained even
>in cases with closed syllables (Micken, Mickellä, ...)? If so,
>doesn't that sound strange to native speakers?
>

  Yes, it does sound strange. I would prefer to use the same forms as for
"Mikke", even though I can't indicate them in writing. The pronunciation
of <ck> hasn't come up for me previously in this context, since I don't
know anyone with that particular pattern to their names.

-- 
Pekka Karjalainen