Pronouncing names of students from 19 different countries

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  • @Overlearner
    @Overlearner  12 วันที่ผ่านมา +753

    Thanks for your comments everyone! It looks like I have a lot of work to do to improve both my pronunciation and cultural understanding, especially with countries of the subcontinent region. According to the comments, my performance ranges from ok to really bad. We also clearly made an error in our analysis of the Bengali name. No excuses - I am going to do some serious work on these accents with native speakers and come back better than ever. Mistakes are part of the learning process, but we should aim not to repeat them. Thanks for watching!

    • @35135ksg
      @35135ksg 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      :3

    • @chimitrash
      @chimitrash 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

      You still absolutely killed it

    • @potatozes
      @potatozes 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@chimitrashFr

    • @igorjee
      @igorjee 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

      Your h in MuHammad in Pakistani names sounds overly guttural. In Arabic there is KH, H, and h, look them up. But in Urdu they only pronounce KH and h, so it is Muhammad, not MuKHamad. The latter made it sound like an Israeli Jewish accent. Remember the ACHmed memes? It is AHmed or Ahmed in Urdu, never AKHmed. Pay attention to the length of the consonant as well.

    • @Jaminsongunner
      @Jaminsongunner 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Glad to see people were genuinely helpful and kind

  • @Lou1-1-r9p
    @Lou1-1-r9p 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +5598

    First time I’ve heard of a professional name pronouncer

    • @czechistan_zindabad
      @czechistan_zindabad 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +43

      Not for Bangladeshi dude's, I have no idea what his name (I am a Bangladeshi)

    • @vnXun
      @vnXun 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +72

      @@czechistan_zindabad I can't work out the Vietnamese names either, worse I'm not sure whether he (they) flipped the name order

    • @feelingsfeelings.2848
      @feelingsfeelings.2848 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +47

      ​​​@@vnXunYou're alright mate, I'm Vietnamese and I can't make out both of the name either, but I think they might have flipped it because the second name I heard something similar to "Nguyễn" being read liked a first name even though it's a family name, I might be tripping though.
      Example: In Vietnam the order of which a name is pronounce/written is:
      Last name - Middle name - First name
      But for the western/other countries, it's typically:
      First name - Middle name - Last name
      So I can see how some people might mix things up.

    • @mizu_yt
      @mizu_yt 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      ​@@feelingsfeelings.2848 family name = surname

    • @feelingsfeelings.2848
      @feelingsfeelings.2848 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@mizu_yt Thanks mate I'm stupid.

  • @oatmeal2goskits492
    @oatmeal2goskits492 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +6001

    The anti-substitute teacher

    • @FLXNANDOGAMING
      @FLXNANDOGAMING 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +37

      Lmao😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏💀💀💀

    • @Zeleven87
      @Zeleven87 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +70

      AAron?

    • @explosive_nuclear_catz
      @explosive_nuclear_catz 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      lmao, fr

    • @No_name_here368
      @No_name_here368 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      HAHAHAHAHHA

    • @bm_142
      @bm_142 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      😭🙏🙏🙏😭😭😭

  • @Ostralucia
    @Ostralucia 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +3069

    he’s even more powerful than streamers that read out donations

    • @simplyalonso
      @simplyalonso 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +56

      you're comparing a turd to fancy restaurant level steak here

    • @sithias2968
      @sithias2968 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @@simplyalonso lmao so true

  • @floppafloppa1990
    @floppafloppa1990 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +2300

    this is so impressive! great for the students (and any student) to not have their name butchered on such an important day

    • @czechistan_zindabad
      @czechistan_zindabad 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +22

      poor Bangladeshi student, I couldn't tell what his name was (I am Bangladeshi)

    • @Redwan777
      @Redwan777 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      ​@@czechistan_zindabadYeah I couldn't understand either. Sundoraj...???

    • @czechistan_zindabad
      @czechistan_zindabad 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

      @@Redwan777 Yeah, I heard "Sunviraj Hosion" which doesn't sound like any name in any language. I am guessing that "Hosion" is Hussain, but "Sunviraj"?
      EDIT: I just searched up "Sunviraj" and it is a valid Bengali name, but, it seems to be very uncommon, so I never heard of it before. I don't know how he messed up Hussain (if that is the name) to sound like "Hosion"

    • @Nafinafnaf
      @Nafinafnaf 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +34

      ​@@czechistan_zindabad or his name is literally Hosion, some people have weird names

    • @czechistan_zindabad
      @czechistan_zindabad 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Nafinafnaf but, it's a surname here, and it is not a Bangladeshi surname either. I researched it if it even exists, and its not real, so...

  • @northerner.
    @northerner. 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1692

    I really like this video. My name is Angerlartunnguaq and I'm Greenlandic but I live in Canada. There's a joke among Greenlanders studying abroad where they tend to get used to not having their names pronounced correctly so I'm glad that there's people like you who take the effort to pronounce people's names correctly

    • @Nooticus
      @Nooticus 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +52

      You have a beautiful language and culture, I have visited your great country :)

    • @SnakeitySpoonGilmour
      @SnakeitySpoonGilmour 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +67

      Goated name tbh

    • @Nooticus
      @Nooticus 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      @@SnakeitySpoonGilmour Facts

    • @Miracle12348
      @Miracle12348 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      Anger-lar-tunn-guaq. I’m sorry but who looks at there child and says yeah ima name the thing I literally created Angerlartunnguaq. This comment has to be a joke.

    • @SnakeitySpoonGilmour
      @SnakeitySpoonGilmour 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +103

      @Miracle12348 How old are you? People learn about the naming conventions of different countries in kindergarten. You can't even use the correct "their," so I'm guessing you're not any older than 12.

  • @voxgaming2064
    @voxgaming2064 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +786

    As a Vietnamese, I commend your effort to pronounce our names. They are completely wrong, but I agree with you, they are really tricky. So, great job at trying!

    • @rembo96
      @rembo96 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Hah)

    • @33l_pr1m00
      @33l_pr1m00 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +41

      wow that was harsh

    • @BlueGogito23
      @BlueGogito23 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +177

      Bro let him know he was trash in the nicest way ever

    • @anhha7502
      @anhha7502 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +72

      for real not the chinese tone for vietnamese words😂

    • @Static-EN-
      @Static-EN- 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      sheesh 😂

  • @jan_Masewin
    @jan_Masewin 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +895

    Imagine if class rolls were written with broad IPA

    • @janana5917
      @janana5917 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +36

      that would be grand

    • @kreuner11
      @kreuner11 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +102

      One did, but they didn't get a reader that knew how it worked, so EVERYONE'S name got mispronounced

    • @pixelmace1423
      @pixelmace1423 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +65

      @@kreuner11 finally, equality

    • @noahbogue1934
      @noahbogue1934 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

      Honestly they should add desired pronounciation on IDs

    • @rexthelegend3180
      @rexthelegend3180 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      IPA is great, but it’s also extremely complex. I feel like it would end up being more confusing.

  • @Lou1-1-r9p
    @Lou1-1-r9p 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +587

    2:28 with all respect to Sri Lanken culture that was a whole crowd

    • @madhavraghu
      @madhavraghu 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +51

      nah im pretty it was actually multiple ppl he just cut the video together too fast

    • @_Just_Another_Guy
      @_Just_Another_Guy 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +43

      ​@@madhavraghu Some Sri Lankans have extraordinarily long first names or surnames. My friend is one of them and she just told me to call her by her short form of her name: Shar.

    • @marschallblucher6197
      @marschallblucher6197 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      ​ @madhavraghu In Sri Lanka last names are often multiple words. My last name is 3 words and that's on the _Short end._

  • @swaritho6294
    @swaritho6294 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1358

    2:01 bro really said "🐦🐦‍⬛🦜🦃🦢🦉🐥"

    • @AffectionateLocomotive
      @AffectionateLocomotive 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      😅

    • @Yesna
      @Yesna 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +41

      Pretty sure turkeys swans and owls don't make that sound

    • @anticlickbait
      @anticlickbait 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

      ​@@Yesna you are so funny

    • @leonscottkennedy6860
      @leonscottkennedy6860 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      ​@@Yesna 🤓

    • @swaritho6294
      @swaritho6294 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@Yesna yeah i know, but how didnt u talk about the black square 💀

  • @KuteCitten
    @KuteCitten 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +293

    The only man Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz is scared of

    • @SenhorKoringa
      @SenhorKoringa 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +33

      polish is easy, the orthography is just counterintuitive to english speakers. Some of these names include rare sounds only found in a few languages and odd tonality
      Nguyễn
      Moħammad

    • @suqmaddiqq
      @suqmaddiqq วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      ​​@@SenhorKoringaYou could say this about... any language to any other language. Of course it's easy in it's own context!

    • @SenhorKoringa
      @SenhorKoringa วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@suqmaddiqq I am strictly describing the orthography. All of these sounds do exist in english to some extent but english uses sh polish uses sz.

    • @bebrochka8113
      @bebrochka8113 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@suqmaddiqq it's not the sounds that are hard, just the spelling. While Arabic or Chinese would have sounds completely foreign to a native English speaker

  • @tommarnt
    @tommarnt 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +469

    1:05 As a Vietnamese, it sounds like Cantonese (I grew up speaking Canton so it sounds really similar)

    • @Ostralucia
      @Ostralucia 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +48

      I speak Cantonese, I was thinking the same thing

    • @heyhi6246
      @heyhi6246 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +77

      it sounds nothing like Vietnamese sadly... the formal accent of the speech might have assimilated the tonal marks

    • @BaoLe-bv3nb
      @BaoLe-bv3nb 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +39

      As a Vietnamese, I don't understand what their names are at all. The only part that I could catch was the surname "Nguyễn" at the end which was pronounced more like "Nhuyễn"

    • @C0sm0zz_st4r
      @C0sm0zz_st4r 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@Ostraluciasamee

    • @whatever5401
      @whatever5401 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      ​@@BaoLe-bv3nbthe first girl's name sounds vaguely like "Hồng Ngọc" to me

  • @pangpengmaster
    @pangpengmaster 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +301

    the fact that the accent persist, but the pronunciation is correct only adds beauty the sound of each name mentioned

    • @samdrow8268
      @samdrow8268 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Who cares about accent with so much effort put into it anyway

    • @jenm1
      @jenm1 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@samdrow8268well. White people care when their languages are spoken with accents. So, broadly I think it’s not “who cares”.

    • @migueljoserivera9030
      @migueljoserivera9030 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@jenm1I've only seen English speakers (of many pigmentations) and French (mainly metropolitans) bitch about pronunciation. Almost any other speaker of European languages (I guess that is what you mean with "white") tend to be very understanding.
      Even though they might correct you it'll be for you to improve and not to mess with you like French and English speakers do.

    • @samdrow8268
      @samdrow8268 22 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@migueljoserivera9030 English speakers don't care much either. Try living in California or New York if you don't believe me.

    • @migueljoserivera9030
      @migueljoserivera9030 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@samdrow8268 I am giving my insight on a coment about "whites". Maybe there people are more cosmopolitan or open but more generally, most British people and many US Americans are quite picky, to the point of correcting one another. I have been "corrected" on the internet by US Americans for using Brittish orthography (spelling).

  • @L20241
    @L20241 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +452

    Kaur and Singh are the same community ie Punjabi Sikhs ( Sikh being the religion) all Sikhs have Singh meaning lion and the women have Kaur meaning Lioness.

    • @K2ELP
      @K2ELP 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      Interesting fact, as someone from Europe were not that many Sikhs live I didn't know! Thanks for sharing. The Turkish surname 'Aslan' also means lion. 🦁

    • @L20241
      @L20241 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @ yeah aslan is a very common Muslim name

    • @drdead9196
      @drdead9196 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

      Singh, yes that means lion, but Kaur doesnt mean lioness
      Kaur comes from sanskrit "kumari" which means young/unmarried woman (or in some cases, princess (rajkumari))

  • @slaw36912
    @slaw36912 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +807

    Indian names have two vowels both written with the letter "a" which causes confusion. Long a is pronounced as Ah, while short a is pronounced as Uh (schwa). Long a is usually written as "aa" but not always. So always research each name before saying them 😊

  • @AnasMations
    @AnasMations 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +381

    Wow that's really impressive, we held a competition at my uni once and I was the one calling names. It was a really long list and I was so bad at it that I even got my friends names utterly wrong xD

  • @MissingGamer
    @MissingGamer 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +146

    this is actually so cool dude
    at my school (here in germany) we have a lot foreign students too and the teachers really struggle with the names

    • @pikoche6406
      @pikoche6406 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      🇹🇷

    • @MissingGamer
      @MissingGamer 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @pikoche6406 turkish, arab, and berber mostly

  • @Syiepherze
    @Syiepherze 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +155

    2:18 The Sri Lankan (Sinhalese) names are pretty spot-on! I just want to point out a couple things
    1. For the surname Wellalage, in Sinhala it is written as වෙල්ලාලගේ, where the ලා is a prolonged vowel. Hence it would be "Wel-LA-lə-ge"
    2. Chandana (චන්දන) has no prolonged vowels, so it's just "Chan-də-nə"
    Tbh I don't blame you for these mistakes! You're doing an incredible job as is, I can def hear the accent.
    Hot take, but I personally dislike Sinhala's romanisation sometimes when it comes to vowels, I just wish it was more consistent...😅
    (For example, the Colombo airport "Bandaranaike" is spelled with an E, but it sounds like a schwa!! This was how the old premier SWRD Bandaranaike styled his name; the standard romanisation is "Bandāranāyaka")

    • @Nooticus
      @Nooticus 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      agreed, the old romanisation deffo seems better

    • @DevtheViolinist
      @DevtheViolinist 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Side note - Bandaranaike (or Bandaranāyaka) is such a cool last name. Literally means “Monkey Leader”.

    • @ludwig3083
      @ludwig3083 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Sussy

    • @ShallowStrangeness2627
      @ShallowStrangeness2627 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@DevtheViolinistWait really?? Yo I'm from SL and I have never considered what it's meaning was omg😂

    • @puffer_frog
      @puffer_frog 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      thats a lot of amoguses

  • @jxjx6340
    @jxjx6340 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +76

    Pretty sure Yiding's surname is Liu, which would go first in Chinese, so it sounds a little unnatural to hear it pronounced with Mandarin tones but English name order. I find that when using Chinese names in an English language context/in Western name order pronouncing the vowels and consonants correctly while leaving out the tones sounds a lot more natural. Source: I have a Chinese name

    • @MagicalKid
      @MagicalKid วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Yeah especially when they're spelled in English there's no point in pronouncing the tones.

  • @bagaboiebailey
    @bagaboiebailey 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +64

    the Nepal flag being a rectangle broke my heart 😢

    • @imafraidjumitebeinagang
      @imafraidjumitebeinagang 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      As a Nepali guy, that rectangle white background haunts me at night

    • @Vitrivius
      @Vitrivius 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

      when the png says it’s transparent but it’s not

    • @woth-th9gi
      @woth-th9gi 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Theres no choice

    • @Saol.Alainn
      @Saol.Alainn 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Oh wow, the actual shape of the flag is only the red portion?
      That's really neat, and the rectangle is really unfortunate

  • @ConlangKrishna
    @ConlangKrishna 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +105

    Really cool! Well done 👍 Many people are not even aware of different phonetic systems.
    Language learning is a life-long challenge, and it can be a lot of fun.
    And someone will always complain about your pronunciation 😉
    Keep going! 💪

  • @lucidtofu
    @lucidtofu 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +32

    Reading your caption, I do really get that "uncanny valley" feeling *because* you pronounce it so well, but honestly it makes perfect sense for graduation like this. Even in the home countries the name callers doesn't always get your pronunciation right in events😂

  • @MarcosSantaengracia
    @MarcosSantaengracia 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +31

    Honestly great job! With the spanish influenced names you got 80-90% there, you had just a little bit of english accent on them, which is really good!

    • @joshlagman253
      @joshlagman253 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I'd argue it's a bit too spanish for PH though, most people here would pronounce Karla for example with the american english "r" and not the hard rolling "r"

  • @julius_trifinity
    @julius_trifinity 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +36

    The fact that it's not perfect meant he didn't memorize the pronounciation but instead learnt their names. In my opinion that deserves more respect

  • @MbahMu9829
    @MbahMu9829 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    The way you rolled the R's in indonesian names. It's wonderful. Not native perfect, but it doesn't have to be. Congratulations, sir

  • @shiro_kuma3817
    @shiro_kuma3817 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +28

    Everything from trying your very best to pronounce every student’s name correctly, to the small descriptions that explains the student’s background, to the easy to follow editing format is just phenomenal!
    I am so inspired by the way you are so respectful to every students’ cultural background and it is so amazing to see your passion from your research, pronunciation learning, and cultural learning is very touching.
    I wish you the very best and I thank you for your dedication.

  • @RNoctowl
    @RNoctowl 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +35

    amazing! i am still early in learning mandarin and so far, i've butchered all the tones (except flat and rising). and you manage to pronounce 12 different country of students and its really cool! hoping to see my name in a Australian universities graduation ceremony someday (as an Indonesian) :)

  • @Lumegrin
    @Lumegrin 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +43

    sounds like a fun job

  • @sumohummel8656
    @sumohummel8656 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

    They are clapping for him and not the graduates

  • @DimensionalIO
    @DimensionalIO 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    I appreciate your efforts to learn how these names are pronounced and I appreciate this university getting a professional to read out names.

  • @daisaq
    @daisaq 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    I've been in military language school where there's students from 100+ countries, and there was a graduation ceremony every thursday. I was quite impressed how they managed to do like this every week!😅
    You sir working very hard and as an asian myself, I can assure you everyone is grateful when someone put their effort to pronounce their names correctly!
    love from Japan❤

  • @selladore4911
    @selladore4911 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +339

    So the students aren't aware that their names will be pronounced very well beforehand? I can imagine it's a pleasant surprise. But wouldn't it be easier to have the student say their name out loud to you instead of researching it yourself?

    • @Overlearner
      @Overlearner  15 วันที่ผ่านมา +317

      That's what I'm trying to see happen in universities! For example, when a student enrols in university, they say their name into a recorder, and it lives on their file permanently. Then someone like me can access it later prior to their graduation ceremony. At the moment it's mostly guesswork.

    • @InOtherNews1
      @InOtherNews1 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +29

      @@Overlearner When I graduated from the University of Alabama, we had little cards that we would hand to the guy who read out our names. There were fields on the cards that we could write how we wanted our name to be pronounced. It's a neat system that you might want to look into!

    • @akihikonobi7149
      @akihikonobi7149 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @selladore4911 Then it would've been more awkward, and what's the hurt in doing some research urself?

    • @selladore4911
      @selladore4911 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      @@akihikonobi7149 It wouldn't be awkward at all! And the hurt in doing the research is time, and possibility of being incorrect despite your best efforts

    • @Cynthiaaagghh
      @Cynthiaaagghh 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      @@Overlearnerat my US medical school, we have exactly the system you mention (student records their pronunciation and that is stored in the system).

  • @lavender9844
    @lavender9844 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    We need more people with your type of training! Everyone deserves to hear their name pronounced right on such a big day.

  • @MackAdler
    @MackAdler 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    2:50 That pronunciation was quite spot on...well done👏👏
    Love from 🇮🇳

  • @RubyPiec
    @RubyPiec 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +32

    2:43 was that guy just called James

    • @Me-xo5tw
      @Me-xo5tw 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      James khassemi or something I think

    • @CosmicHase
      @CosmicHase 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Probably mixed race

    • @Anonymous-uw4sr
      @Anonymous-uw4sr 18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      💀

  • @ShallowStrangeness2627
    @ShallowStrangeness2627 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    The Sri Lanka part caught me off guard. The pronunciations are pretty good, considering how used I am to westerners straight up butchering the names to a point it becomes unrecognizable. Not bad. ❤🎉

  • @Yashodhan1917
    @Yashodhan1917 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +47

    Kaur is not a surname. It means a young woman, ein Mädchen oder eine Fraulein.
    Sikh men in Punjab often add Singh to their first names, which means a lion and women add Kaur.
    You'd never see a man with the name Kaur, though it's possible to see a woman named Singh or Sinha (same word) because Singh has turned into a surname; but it can always be used by anyone.
    Similarly in Uttar Pradesh they use "Kumar" and "Kumari" after first names, depending on the gender.
    These people don't use a surname at all.
    I've even met girls with a masculine first name followed by Kumari, so for example, Andrew Kumari can be a woman's name.

    • @czechistan_zindabad
      @czechistan_zindabad 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      random question, why is a part of your comment in German, lol? I mean, I get what it means but it's so random. Just curious

    • @Yashodhan1917
      @Yashodhan1917 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      @czechistan_zindabad I was replying to the uploader who speaks German.
      I think Mädchen wouldn't work here, a Mädchen is too young.
      Even Fraulein is seen as a young lady, a woman not yet married.
      Kaur is an independent term of its own, no references to marital status.

    • @czechistan_zindabad
      @czechistan_zindabad 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Yashodhan1917 Kaur in general is just used for Sikh women, no indication of marital status or age, much like Singh for men.

    • @Yashodhan1917
      @Yashodhan1917 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@czechistan_zindabad I know

    • @solus8685
      @solus8685 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Just letting you know, Fräulein is a very outdated word and barely even used by 80 year olds

  • @blob431
    @blob431 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

    As a Bangladeshi 🇧🇩, that first name already threw me off cuz I have no idea what it means nor do I know how it’s spelled so I don’t know if you’re proficient with the other countries’ names; but I appreciate your and the universities’ efforts regardless! Much love 💛

    • @Sadnessiuseless
      @Sadnessiuseless 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He isn't really, he mispronounced es French, Vietnamese and Sri Lankan names

    • @skylarfernandez8415
      @skylarfernandez8415 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      ​​@@Sadnessiuseless
      Not speaking on the Vietnamese or Sri Lankan names because I have no clue about pronunciations or languages or anything, but the girl with the French name was from Canada.
      I know this isn't a good source, but I've heard tons of times on TH-cam jokes and general comments about how French people can't understand the French that Canadians speak. Kinda like how, even in English, it's hard sometimes to understand each other because of accents and slang and such. So, if anything, he's probably basing his French off of how it's spoken where she lives.

  • @Someone-ym1ny
    @Someone-ym1ny 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +33

    Tbh, not perfect, but hey I respect the effort keep it up man! 👏

    • @Overlearner
      @Overlearner  15 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

      Definitely not perfect, got heaps to work on! Thanks!

  • @MrPete81
    @MrPete81 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I find this the highest form of respect being able to say someone's name properly 😊

  • @Sakyesoolo
    @Sakyesoolo 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Starbucks baristas hate this guy

  • @Stxrria
    @Stxrria 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    This is amazing and must make the graduates feel amazing

  • @aylinasghary2959
    @aylinasghary2959 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

    I thought this was all very impressive until he got to the Iranian name and pronounced it with an arabic accent...

  • @datdamnmonkey
    @datdamnmonkey 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    This is so cool! I would love to do this too! You did a great job!
    I am studying to become a teacher and I will make it a point to pronounce correctly any foreign students names I might have. It's the least I can do.
    I have also studied Mandarin, and even though I struggle with the tones, I make sure to call Chinese names with a Mandarin pronunciation. I want to study other languages so I can say everybody's name correctly.
    Tip for you in case you ever encounter a Portuguese student: don't take Spanish as a base to try and pronounce our names. We often hear foreigners trying to pronounce our names using Spanish fonetics and they always sound wrong. Also don't go by the Brazilian phonetics because Portugal and Brazil Portuguese sound different. Good rule for Portuguese names from Portugal: read our names as if you were trying to imitate a Russian person speaking. Portugal's phonetics are similar to Russian funnly enough 😊

  • @Jasi-Mori
    @Jasi-Mori 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    As a Vietnamese, yeb our tones are harddd, but I appreciate it!!! You are a great person for trying to represent diversity!!!

  • @blackgirlyellowsunvibes
    @blackgirlyellowsunvibes วันที่ผ่านมา

    I never knew this was like a job. This is the best ive heard someone pronounce international names! Also i love the tidbits of information that's included 👍🏾👍🏾

  • @Rene-xi3so
    @Rene-xi3so 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I wish I had you on my graduation day, the guy pronounced my name wrong and while I dont care too much, it was such a big day for me that it would have been nice to get it right. Im glad to see names and cultures appreciated!

  • @fluffy6941
    @fluffy6941 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +24

    mélodie chauvette-pelletier is pretty right but you pronounced it "pelletièh" when it should be more of a pelletié
    in french there's a pretty big difference between é and è as it can define the tense/intent of a verb or differentiate words

    • @spectria.limina
      @spectria.limina 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      From Quebec, there's a good chance that the /d/ would actually be a [dz], too, but it's not certain.

    • @pikoche6406
      @pikoche6406 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      ​@@spectria.liminail a sûrement voulu le dire avec un accent français et non québécois. J'imagine qu'il n'apprend pas tout les types d'accent français comme il n'apprend pas tout les types d'accent espagnol

  • @eeeea3080
    @eeeea3080 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

    Very cool, you still have to learn how to pronounce some Arabic words like ح in mu'ح'mad and ع in 'ع'li, other then that you did very well

  • @Deadlytrick
    @Deadlytrick 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This effort and dedication means so much more than you know!

  • @jockcox
    @jockcox 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great to see that there are people doing this properly, and of course to see anyone with a love for the diversity of human language and culture.

  • @mystictnediser3854
    @mystictnediser3854 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Is there more of this, I could honestly watch this for hours it mesmerizes me.

  • @wantokamerica4105
    @wantokamerica4105 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Of course he will not pronounce overseas like they are back home. But the respect shown by trying to get the names correct is commendable.

  • @K_Lamar_974
    @K_Lamar_974 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Very impressive and unexpected job!
    Just for you to know for at 0:53 (Melody Chauvet-Peltier), the final -et combination at the end of word/name is pronounced [é] in French :)

  • @uvickymcbread434
    @uvickymcbread434 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    1:53 ANTHONIA GAYGUY 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔊🔊🔊

  • @user-ik8jz3sn6s
    @user-ik8jz3sn6s 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +29

    1:56 but th

  • @georgeaslanidis4789
    @georgeaslanidis4789 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Finally an Aussie that tries making an effort to pronounce names correctly. I know it is challenging but I remember teachers at school always struggling with mine. People struggle with Greek names quite a bit.

  • @nobodylol7
    @nobodylol7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    every graduating student's dream

  • @lmcdms
    @lmcdms 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Kenya one was impressive man! Good Job!

    • @lmcdms
      @lmcdms 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I hadn't gotten to the china one yet 😮 The tonation was goood (afaik)

  • @twoface7339
    @twoface7339 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    That indo name pronunciation is fire

  • @esmaa450
    @esmaa450 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I love this so much!!!! I wws recently at my sister grad and the speaker had similar skills!!!

  • @valsonder
    @valsonder 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    one time at a ceremony thing at a summer camp i was at i heard the name hermione pronounced Hermy Onny. must have been like 5 or 6 years ago now but i still remember 😭

  • @BajoJajoBajoJajo2
    @BajoJajoBajoJajo2 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    As a person who closely follows distance running, whose people come from east africa, but who always hears western pronounciations thrown around, hearing the Kenyan one was interesting!

  • @eleveli2437
    @eleveli2437 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    My graduation’s coming up and I’ve been kind of dreading hearing my last name, Puthussery, being pronounced. I wish unis did what the olympics does, where everyone has to record the pronunciation of their name and put it on their bio.

  • @AntelElSayed
    @AntelElSayed 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Summoning demons during graduation is a great profession

  • @jenm1
    @jenm1 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I’ll never know if most of these are correct but this is a cool concept so good job guy

  • @awaspow
    @awaspow 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    well done! i wanted to give some insight to help with indian names. the indian names were said a little more arabic than they should’ve been. i would look into the pronunciations of th, d, ie, ee, it, and in general, look into indian movies with those names as characters. be careful on what language they speak though, as the name can change a little with the emphasis per language and region

  • @plzhelpireallyneedabettern4065
    @plzhelpireallyneedabettern4065 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    People really love 15 and 16

  • @amon0285
    @amon0285 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I wish this was my job! I'm really good with the pronunciation of different languages, and I know the basics of quite a few European, Asian and African languages. To be an official name pronouncer would be my dream job, sadly it doesn't exist in my country.

  • @flowerdolphin5648
    @flowerdolphin5648 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    That is so cool! If such a job existed where I'm from I would apply in a heartbeat. I love pronunciation, I always put a lot of effort into saying words accent free. Partially because I am shameless like that and love having people from other countries tell me I have no accent. I live for that compliment haha

  • @johnfoulke9241
    @johnfoulke9241 10 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    A Mr. World Wide teacher that we are all need

  • @LivVirtual
    @LivVirtual 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i remember when I was attending my sister's high school graduation, my family sat beside some fellow chinese people that we were acquainted with. the ceremony took place on the fields, so there was quite some distance between the members of the audience and the stage that had been set up, with the graduates being the ones that were closest to it and their families sitting on the bleachers that would normally be used to seat the crowds during sports games.
    this family didn't even realize that their son had been called up and handed his diploma because the principal mangled his name so badly 😭

  • @iambor1393
    @iambor1393 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is pretty cool! At my university grad a lot of the non-English pronounciations were butchered, even with pronunciation cards given to the speaker...

  • @themelancholyofgay3543
    @themelancholyofgay3543 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    The Philippines sounded like it's finally the part of SEA

  • @derpderpderpPSN
    @derpderpderpPSN 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +30

    Probably should’ve pronounced the Chinese student’s family name first since that’s how it’s said in Chinese. Liu Yi Ding.

    • @handlingitwell
      @handlingitwell 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Yep. Either pronounce the tones and say it in the right order, or don't do tones and keep it in the "western" format. Just don't butcher "zh".

    • @Overlearner
      @Overlearner  15 วันที่ผ่านมา +44

      Yes, except that universities don't like it when you do that. We will swap the order if a student has specially requested it, but a large percentage (probably more than half) of Chinese students don't care. Some also prefer to use a westernised name because they believe that to be the norm in a western country.

    • @juliehock6059
      @juliehock6059 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      This is an impressive ability to pronounce the many names correctly.

    • @handlingitwell
      @handlingitwell 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

      @@Overlearner I get that. Maybe leave a pause so that it's Yi Ding, Liu? As a Chinese person that feels more natural. Should have mentioned, good job with the tones though.

    • @valentinmitterbauer4196
      @valentinmitterbauer4196 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Overlearner In my region's rural culture, it is also still common to go with the family name first, but centralised institutions' standartisation practices (like forms) don't account for that. I don't mind it that much, but it still a bit of a forced adaption.

  • @beaconbeatsmusic
    @beaconbeatsmusic วันที่ผ่านมา

    I did this also for two different schools I worked at in the 2010's. I tried to do the same work of getting the pronunciations correct. I speak Mandarin, so that was relatively easy. It was the Thai names that were the toughest. They are very long and not pronounced like one would expect.

  • @mraunglinaung
    @mraunglinaung 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +43

    Was hoping to hear a Burmese name.

    • @Overlearner
      @Overlearner  17 วันที่ผ่านมา +38

      I think I have encountered a handful of Burmese names over the last 18 months. There are certainly Burmese students in Australia, but they make up a small percentage of overseas students.

    • @mraunglinaung
      @mraunglinaung 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

      @@Overlearner Yeah true. Burmese have a unique naming system. We have no surname and even weird name like myself
      Aung Lin Aung.
      A Palindrome!

    • @yarnmisery
      @yarnmisery 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      @@mraunglinaungi believe a palindrome is when the letters are the same forwards and backwards, so like:
      a man, a plan, a canal: panama

    • @mraunglinaung
      @mraunglinaung 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@yarnmisery Yeah..

    • @mraunglinaung
      @mraunglinaung 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      @@yarnmisery I meant in Burmese!

  • @slavsquatsuperstar
    @slavsquatsuperstar 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Grzegorz Brzęczeszczekiewicz: Finally, a worthy opponent!

  • @deiji_hime
    @deiji_hime 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is such a beautiful thing to do

  • @RoyyanIhsan
    @RoyyanIhsan 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Such a great motivation to learn more languages👏

  • @preshuswilkins9523
    @preshuswilkins9523 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You did a WONDERFUL job!

  • @bethanyroche8927
    @bethanyroche8927 8 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Lol I had to whisper the pronunciation of my name to the speaker bc I could tell he was struggling 😂

  • @user-xv4he4mt4x
    @user-xv4he4mt4x วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Just bunch of students. Names dont matter until they make it.

  • @bta7658
    @bta7658 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I would have clapped for the pronounciation alone, some were perfect! and all were GOOD!
    personally I think that this is what should happen
    good teacher 😌😌

  • @stayhumble-.-
    @stayhumble-.- 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    If the Viet sounds off in this video, it’s not just you.
    The delivery overall, feels like tried to adapt Chinese tonal structure, which is a fatal mistake. Vietnamese derives itself from Chinese: but its modern intonation is akin towards romantic (specifically French) emphasis, with similars patterns in visual markings]. Vietnamese modifiers _are_ grammar, words are only one syllable (which _can_ compound) and EVERY. LETTER. MAKES. SOUND. Aiming to structure Viet words like Chinese will leave you speaking robotically and slurred at the same time, just like what happened.
    While the tones are tricky to pick up: these are equal through dialect, regardless of word or context. A good mindset is to focus on one word at a time: get used to vocalizing, then speak similar words by vowel and modifier. Consonants matter just as much and should not be ignored. Shifting pitch and volume can help control accuracy on modifiers.
    While this may not be the perfect advice towards reading off names on the fly like in the video; this will help train the brain for the worst of times where you will be given a sheet of Viet without markings. While the pronunciation is simple; it’s extremely precise; which is a key contributor on why it’s one of the hardest in the world to master.

  • @bluesherbet2741
    @bluesherbet2741 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    Lakshmi should be pronounced more like "Lu" in "Luck" rather than like "La" in "Las Vegas"

  • @skittles2
    @skittles2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I appreciate that he rolled his R pronouncing "Marielle"

  • @user-qb3gm4pu2m
    @user-qb3gm4pu2m 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    At least they said their names. They didn't say mine on my highscool graduation 😂 I would have taken it even if said wrong!

  • @kingkitryne
    @kingkitryne 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    this is so cool! im sure they loved this

  • @aefad
    @aefad 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Honestly this job is like pretty cool and like we should have more of them

  • @bloomp.boooru
    @bloomp.boooru 6 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    i saw some of the text masked behind a person! nice editing :)

  • @MetrixGD
    @MetrixGD 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    0:28 didn't know Australia was *that* popular for overseas education

  • @imoutodaisuki
    @imoutodaisuki 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    In the description, you mentioned that too strong of an accent could be distracting. Ironically though, I’m actually distracted by something else: your effort to mask the students passing by so the text appears behind them. It’s such an unnecessary detail-no one would complain if the text was in front of the students. But wow, that’s impressive.

  • @LinRuiEn
    @LinRuiEn 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    At my university they always have one of the Linguistics professors read out the names. They usually ace it!

  • @T2uyu
    @T2uyu 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    study mandarin 6 months and still fail to put the surname first

  • @TomoeGaKirai2
    @TomoeGaKirai2 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    as a girl who got named Lindsay in a spanish-speaking country, this makes me have a little more hope (i'm changing the name, my hope is for every student and person overseas so they can be addressed correctly and without misunderstandings or disrespect.)

    • @MastaBaitaAmbatukam
      @MastaBaitaAmbatukam 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Why isn't it fine for people to call you by the Spanish pronunciation?

    • @TomoeGaKirai2
      @TomoeGaKirai2 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@MastaBaitaAmbatukam it sounds like gibberish in spanish, because words are read the way they're written. and most of the time its not that, it is me having to tell them my name and they not knowing how to write it (which is a problem when it HAS to be my legal name). The only people who know how it's said and spelled are my english teachers 😭😭😭😭😭😭

  • @littleryanth
    @littleryanth 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    wish all substitute teachers had a data pack installed in their brains to know how to pronounce names

  • @andrepoiy1199
    @andrepoiy1199 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Im surprised at the lack of Chinese graduates given that China is a great source of international students in Australia

  • @danielreed5199
    @danielreed5199 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    They should start a family based India Folk and Pop Band called the Kaur's.

  • @schnargleton25
    @schnargleton25 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    that Vietnamese sounds more Cantonese

    • @jenniferchaulam
      @jenniferchaulam 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      /yea actually what is up with that one

    • @Pintszch
      @Pintszch 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      i mean theyre both tonal

    • @Syvern.
      @Syvern. 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@PintszchBut it doesn't sound much like Vietnamese?

    • @phanngockhanhchi2971
      @phanngockhanhchi2971 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      The vietnamese pronounciation sounds anything but vietnamese. Poor man, he tried hard but it is still wrong