Pronounciation

[olga]

One word I always have problems with is 'Marchioness'.  

[Forum Admin]

Marsh-on-ness

[Johnny]

I checked with my German friend. He says "Dagmar" in German is pronounced as I showed above with the stress on the first syllable. So it's pronounced something like "DAHG-mar". Hopefully someday I can check it with a Dane for the Danish pronunciation.

[Grand_Duke_Alexei]

Thanks for posting everybody, I have found more words that I still cannot prononce.

Schleswig

Holstein

Sonderburg

Glucksburg

Copenhagen

Lili Dehn

Hellenes

Xenia

Bolshevik

Livadia

Efimovich

Militza

Montenegro

Michaelovich

Wulfert

Irina

Koulikovsky

Gilliard

Buxhoeveden (excuse me if I spelled it wrong)

Marlborough

Hvidore

Sergievich

Tanieff

Illinkskoe

[Forum Admin]

Schleswig = Shless'vig
 
Holstein = hole'stine
 
Sonderburg - Sond-ur-burg
 
Glucksburg - Glooks-burg (oo as in brook)
 
Copenhagen - Cope-n-hah-gen
 
Lili Dehn - Lilly Den (like where the TV is)
 
Hellenes - huh-leans
 
Xenia - either is ok: Ksenya or Zenya
 
Bolshevik - Bowl-sheh-vick
 
Livadia - Liv-ah-dyah
 
Efimovich  - Ye-fim-o-vich
 
Militza - Mih-leet-sah
 
Montenegro - Montah-nehgrow
 
Michaelovich - Mik-eye-low-vich

Wulfert - Vuhl-fuhrt
 
Irina - Eee-ree-nah
 
Koulikovsky - Cool-ih-kovski
 
Gilliard - Zhill -ee-yard
 
Buxhoeveden - Bucks-hoe-veh-dun
 
Marlborough - Marlboro like the cigarettes.
 
Hvidore - Vuh(as in just)-dear
 
Sergievich - Sehr-gay-vich
 
Tanieff - Tahn-ay-ev
 
Illinkskoe - Ill-in-skoyeh
 

[Johnny]

Schleswig = Shless'vig
 
Holstein = hole'stine
 
Gilliard - Zhill -ee-yard
 

Of course in Germany it's pronounced Hol-shtahyn.
ForumAd, are you sure that the "d" in Gilliard is pronounced. I don't know much French but I would say it's pronounced "Zhill-ee-yahr".

[Forum Admin]

the 'd' is pronounced, but very softly. It should not be a 'hard d' like dog.

[olga]

Xenia Zina or the proper Russian, K-syen-yah.

Bolshevik  BAL-she-veek.

Livadia  Lee-VAH-dee-yah.

Efimovich  Ye-FEEM-un-veech.

Michaelovich  Mee-HEIL-uh-veech.

Irina  Ee-REE-nah.

Koulikovsky  Koo-lee-KOV-ski.

Marlborough  Marl-bruh.

Sergievich  Ser-GHEY-veech.

Tanieff  TAHN-ye-yev.

Illinkskoe  Eel-een-skuh-yeh.

[Grand_Duke_Alexei]

Thanks everyone, this is one that I don't think that I have ever pronunced right.  Faberge, I have always prounced it FAB-ERR-GEIR.  Is that right?

[olga]

Fab-er-zhay. Or the Russian, Fahb-yer-zhe.

[Georgiy]

Copenhagen in Danish sounds a bit like "Kurb'n-hey-in."

I've seen Buxhoeveden written as Bugsgevden, which I guess is the Russian version of the name. It would be pronounced "Boogz-gev-(hard g)-den".

[Michelle]

How does one pronounce "Ai-Todor?"  Sandro and Xenia's estate in the Crimea?

[Forum Admin]

Aye-tah-door (as in the room divider)

[Michelle]

Thank you.

[Agneschen]

Johnny you are right "Gilliard" is a French name and therefore the "d" in the end is not pronounced at all.  The stress falls on the last syllable ; zhi lyar