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That's the selling point of romance languages: very easy pronounciable by anyone. Anyone can pronounce Ronaldo.

• mahmud 14y ago
  Japanese would have a hard time with the "R", Arabs would have a hard time with the "o". Not "everyone" can pronounce Ronaldo.
  • guard-of-terra 14y ago
    I argue that Ronaldo -> Ronardo is still much closer/more intelligible than, say, Vukašin -> Vukasin [especially if you pronounce it with american u and a and get [vakeisin].
    • mahmud 14y ago
      Only because of the two soccer players named Ronaldo whose name has been heard by every football fan on earth. There is nothing intrinsically "easy" about the name itself.
      • guard-of-terra 14y ago
        Marco, Paolo or Carlo are even easier.
• rwhitman 14y ago
  Ronald is not that easy to pronounce in Japanese or Korean...
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  • guard-of-terra 14y ago
    Koreans should not have any problems: 런알도? "Ronald" is harder which is my point exactly.