Pronunciation of 'Ruksznis'
by Craig Ruksznis - June 22, 2007 / 5:47pm View more articles
As a new employee of iMarc, it is my very serious belief that everyone should be able to properly pronounce my last name.
I have taught every individual in my life how to pronounce my last name, whether it was through repeated swirlie sessions in the 4th grade, or more advanced methods of torture I learned in introductory ninja courses in college. Either way, as an omnipotent, wise old man, I have developed a passive method of teaching others how to pronounce my last name. It is something known as a phonetic spelling. I know this term may sound foreign to you, but hey, who reads a dictionary, anyways. I digress. I guarantee that with one viewing of this spelling you can accurately pronounce my last name:
(Ruck)-sha-niece
Note that the first syllable of my last name is emphasized over the other two. Enjoy your revelation, and feel free now to use my full name at any time.
Cheers,
-Craig
DISCLAIMER: Every fact in this blog entry except for the phonetic spelling of my last name may be fabricated.
I have taught every individual in my life how to pronounce my last name, whether it was through repeated swirlie sessions in the 4th grade, or more advanced methods of torture I learned in introductory ninja courses in college. Either way, as an omnipotent, wise old man, I have developed a passive method of teaching others how to pronounce my last name. It is something known as a phonetic spelling. I know this term may sound foreign to you, but hey, who reads a dictionary, anyways. I digress. I guarantee that with one viewing of this spelling you can accurately pronounce my last name:
(Ruck)-sha-niece
Note that the first syllable of my last name is emphasized over the other two. Enjoy your revelation, and feel free now to use my full name at any time.
Cheers,
-Craig
DISCLAIMER: Every fact in this blog entry except for the phonetic spelling of my last name may be fabricated.
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For spelling your name, I sound out "Rucks - zenith".
Noonie? Am I saying that right?
I am Noonie, that is Noonie.
It's pronounced like it's spelled.
Many people try alternate pronunciations.
I do not know why.
It is my serious belief that not more than 20 hours ago you required a refreshing on a co-workers first name.
F-
Looks like your name has lithuanian origin.
rukšna menk. grumbler , sourball (not very popullar word, never used it :) )
Don't know how to write spelling in English, but your last name has two syllables:
(Ruck)-shniece
Both vowels is short, u and i.
pronunciation of u is like in should
Pronunciation: sh&d, 'shud (second variant)
and not like in Ruck ( 'r&k) or unite (yü-"nIt)
And pronunciation of i is like in "is", but with s in the end, not with z.
My family pronounces the u like the u in 'duck'.
We also pronounce the i like the i in 'niece', or 'piece', not 'is'.
Maybe we are in two different geographic locations, where it is pronounced differently in each?