大象传媒

A weekly guide to names and words in the news from Catherine Sangster of the 大象传媒 Pronunciation Unit.

Today's pronunciation is the Serb ultra-nationalist Vojislav 艩e拧elj, . We recommend the pronunciation VOY-iss-laf SHESH-el. In Baltic and Slavic languages, the h谩膷ek or caron (the v-shaped symbol) changes the pronunciation of s to sh: e.g. Milo拧evi膰, which should be pronounced mi-LOSH- not mi-LOSS-.

(For a guide to our phonetic pronunciations, click here.)

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