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My Mum is an Australian Yvonne and married my Dutch father Jan. When we spent a whole year in the Netherlands back in 1971, Dutch acquaintances would always pro
by martyvis 2y ago
My Mum is an Australian Yvonne and married my Dutch father Jan. When we spent a whole year in the Netherlands back in 1971, Dutch acquaintances would always pronounce her name something like Yuh-vonna, quite different to how in English it is said like Ee-vonn. (My Dad's name is pronounced like Yun of course)
And yes as a 7 year old Aussie it was interesting learning that the digram "ij" was the 25th letter on the Dutch alphabet
- breakingcups 2y agoI know several Yvonne's and we'd all pronounce it Ee-vonna.
- gpvos 2y agoThat's strange. Standard Dutch pronunciation of that name, transliterated back to English spelling, would be Ee-vonna.