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WalkLikeAKneeGypsian t1_jae7xf0 wrote

Reply to comment by genericneim in How do you even pronounce this name? by ZipLocks4u

In English, the J sound has two components. In French, only the second component is produced.

>The "J" sound is combination of the "d" sound followed by the "zh" sound (as in the word measure).

For example, in English, Jerry is dzh - erry, and starts with a d consonant. In French it's zh-erry and there is no d.

So, "J'airius" would be pronounced "zh-air-ee-us".

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genericneim t1_jaec9lp wrote

Ž-air-ee-us, and not DŽ-air-ee-us, alright!

Ž is a legit letter in several languages, it means just that, matches cyrillic Ж. And it makes much more sense to use different letter where different letter is due.

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