Thursday, September 24, 2009

How Koreans Pronounce Duchamp's Name

I was looking over last year's first grade middle school art test, and low and behold, what do I see but a picture of Duchamp's "Bicycle Wheel." But in the question I saw how his name was written, and it was as follows: 뒤샹. This would effectively be pronounced as Dwee-Shyang. I thought of my dearest boyfriend and his French studies and figured this would make his skin crawl, hence leading to my writing about it. The end.

2 comments:

  1. Americans like to pronounce the "p" so I guess we all mangle it a bit... though I can see how their sounds are mimicking the nasal vowels in a way

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