i've always wondered what it was.
i know ngo, but not ng.
how would someone pronounce that?
2006-09-22 13:00:11 · 16 answers · asked by peexinxmyxpants 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
Ng is actually a Chinese last name - or family name / surname, more accurately.
They typically place their family (last) name first, followed by their individual (first) name.
It is pronounced like this: ing.
As an example:
If you were to read the following sentence aloud, then the same 'ing' sound would be pronounced twice in a row.
"I was asking Ng the same question."
People think that it is Vietnamese, because a lot of their family names start with Ng - the most prevalent being Nguyen - which is pronounced 'Nwin', or as close to that as you can get without practice. (It's actually a sound that is not found in English - but Nwin is as close as you are going to get with standard English phonetics).
If a Vietnamese person knows who Charles Ng is, they will quickly point out to you that Ng is a Chinese last name.
And here's why:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ng
2006-09-22 13:22:11 · answer #1 · answered by roland_reardon 2 · 15⤊ 4⤋
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2016-12-11 06:48:41 · answer #2 · answered by kreitman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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how do you pronounce the vietnamese last name "ng"?
i've always wondered what it was.
i know ngo, but not ng.
how would someone pronounce that?
2015-08-13 20:16:42 · answer #4 · answered by Tessa 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
One of my professors was "Dr. Ng" - he prounounced his name "ing" like the ending of an English noun or verb such as "walking."
2006-09-22 13:08:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 11⤊ 0⤋
"Ing" in English.
2006-09-22 13:11:15 · answer #6 · answered by peg 5 · 9⤊ 0⤋
I too have the same question
2016-08-14 04:48:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its pronounced "Williamson"
2013-11-15 04:46:03 · answer #8 · answered by Timur 1 · 20⤊ 3⤋
i spent a year in viet nam and i can tell you this much: the name is not pronounceable in english . you have to make the "n" sound followed by the hard "g" sound. not impossible to do, just not english as english is spoken. hope this helps.
2006-09-22 13:06:42 · answer #9 · answered by arkie 4 · 0⤊ 11⤋
If you sre talking about the name "Nguyen" You pronounce it Nuin and it makes a "u" sound not like in the word "up"
2006-09-22 13:10:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 11⤋