Marcus Kann (the one of the Caro-Kann)
I just cannot remember how to spell it... and something's telling me that i am not the only one. It is not like Ilia Kan (the one of the Sicilian Kan) nor it is spelled like Jenghis Kahn.
... and again it's a short name
Haha @bigpoison I forgot about him. I agree though, it is close and he is second. It's not so clear when you first read it how to say it. So I just always said "you-ee", always knowing there was probably a "correct" way. Probably like a lot of people.
You-ee sounds like the Japanese name Yui, which is a female name.
I pronounce it as "eww".
Ian Aleksandrovich Nepomniachtchi should be right up there for a candidate to be a most misspelled name.
Ian Aleksandrovich Nepomniachtchi should be right up there for a candidate to be a most misspelled name.
I bet Carlsen has been spelt incorrectly more times.
I bet Carlsen has been spelt incorrectly more times.
His fanboys, on these forums, are responsible for most of the misspellings.
I ain't even joking.
You'd think they'd spell Reuben Fine right but I've seen a couple of people get that wrong! And when I see Arthur Dake misspelled I just give up.
Probably the top English players. I mean, how do you even misspell 'Short' or 'Adams'?
Szort.
maybe Reuben Phine?
ktioughicerlcdn= is a different way to spell Short. Never seen it before though.
Explanation:
a k at the start of a word is not always pronounced -> knight.
sh and ti have in some words the same pronunciation -> like this last word.
the ough is the o like in thoroughly.
ice like ice in Leicester - pronounce Lester. Just ignore the ice.
the r is the r.
ld equals the t, like in could.
But it says lcd you say? Correct, that is the silent c of muscle.
The n finally is another silent vowel, like in the words column and hymn.
It is what amazes me a lot about English. I read during my search for this strange phenomena this little pdf why it is good that the spelling is still not phonetical:
http://chars.lin.oakland.edu/General/EnglishSpelling.pdf
Good arguments imo and when reading I recognized all irregularities, but I did not realize that there were so many of them.
ktioughicerlcdn= is a different way to spell Short. Never seen it before though.
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the ough is the o like in thoroughly.
How do you pronounce "thoroughly"?? If you do it the normal(?) way, it would come out more like Nigel Shirt.
Something ghotie (pronounced fishy) going on here.
Tractorkowr :)
cool
Aaron Nimzowitch
Aaron Nimzowitch
You missed an "s" in the surname; it's Nimzowitsch.
Anad.
Go Anad!
You'd think people would mess up "Nezhmetdinov" but somehow they always manage to get it right...
Your corect, but only in principal.
lol