> softer latin "J" (identical to an I) That's a fun one here in the US. My employer has an office in Romania, so many of my coworkers have names that start wit

> softer latin "J" (identical to an I) That's a fun one here in the US. My employer has an office in Romania, so many of my coworkers have names that start with an I for the voiced palatal approximant sound. These names would start with a J in English, have the I in Romanian, and are pronounced (more or less) like an English "y" sound. For example, Julian -> Iulian, approximately pronounced Yoo-lee-an. For extra complication for those in the States, many default fonts show minimal differences between a capital I and a lower-case L, so some people read it as Loo-Lee-An. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_palatal_approximant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_palatal_approximant And then don't get me started on us Americans trying to understand the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-comma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-comma