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The "weird" part about Hungarian names and words for English speakers is that "y" is a modifier letter in most cases, not a sound in and of itself. So e.g. "Nag
by int_19h 11mo ago
The "weird" part about Hungarian names and words for English speakers is that "y" is a modifier letter in most cases, not a sound in and of itself. So e.g. "Nagy" is pronounced closer to something like "Nahj".
- perching_aix 11mo agoThey said: > Except when it comes to names when it gets a bit random! The letters "gy", "ty", and "ly" are not exclusive to names, nor are they significantly more common in names. It's not that I disagree people would struggle with these, just that it's not unique to names, so it couldn't have been what they were referring to there.
- int_19h 11mo agoMy implicit point was that this: > The only weird ones I can think of are the ones that end in -y. For example, Görgey. They're meant to be -i endings. is not actually surprising to an English speaker.