What's the big deal..... I would pronounce it Tjaart. Henk (expat Dutch in Oz). >"Sean H. Breheny" wrote: >> >> Hi Tjaart! >> >> That's telling them! >> >> BTW,in all seriousness, how do you pronounce your first name, is it roughly >> like the word "chart",or do you actually put some "t" into it like >> "Tchart",or like "Tyart"? >> >> Just an American trying to pronounce Afrikaans correctly , > >You pronounce it "chart". Suppliers and customers from the far east, >french, and latin countries usually have a field day with my name. >Some of the attempts are non-printable! ;) I've even considered >adopting a 'business name' (also like the eastern people) like >"Chad", or "Charles" or something. > >Then again, it is a constant source of amusement ;) One guy from >Taiwan asked to speak to "short". My collegues were very amuzed (I'm 6"4). > >-- >Friendly Regards /"\ > \ / >Tjaart van der Walt X ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN >mailto:tjaart@cellpt.co.za / \ AGAINST HTML MAIL >|--------------------------------------------------| >| GSM Technology for Positioning and Telematics | >| Cellpoint Systems SA http://www.cellpt.com | >| http://www.wasp.co.za/~tjaart/index.html | >| WGS84 -26.0124 +28.1129 Voice +27 (0)11 2545100 | >|--------------------------------------------------|