How do you pronounce the name Nguyen?

[TA1LGUNN3R]

Yeah its the Vietnamese Smith or Johnson.

-TG

[xeno]

I was in drum corps with a guy whose last name was spelled exactly Nguyen and his first name was Dustin. He pronounced it "when" or "win" so we called him kansas because of Dustin "Win" like dust in the wind for the band.. is anyone making the connection???

[notyou2]

One time in band camp.....

[xeno]

Let me just say band provides an excellent avenue for sex for even the most hopeless high school freshman.

[tkr4lf]

Let me just say band provides an excellent avenue for sex for even the most hopeless high school freshman.

I should have been a band nerd.

[xeno]

Let me just say band provides an excellent avenue for sex for even the most hopeless high school freshman.

I should have been a band nerd.

Think about it for a second guys. Its one of the only co-ed groups you can join in high school and 90 % of the time were left alone and the school even gives bands rooms that you can be alone in. Im not saying its an orgy going on, just that if you know the right moves you can manipulate a lot of those stupid woodwind chicks into giving you bj's in the practice room during lunch.

[daddy1gringo]

I was in drum corps with a guy whose last name was spelled exactly Nguyen and his first name was Dustin. He pronounced it "when" or "win" so we called him kansas because of Dustin "Win" like dust in the wind for the band.. is anyone making the connection???

Dustin Nguyen? That was the name of the actor who was on the original "21 Jump Street" series where Johnny Depp got his start. I don't know how old you are, any chance it was the same guy?

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0629006/

P.S. The IMDB article says he pronounces it "Win"

[xeno]

I was in drum corps with a guy whose last name was spelled exactly Nguyen and his first name was Dustin. He pronounced it "when" or "win" so we called him kansas because of Dustin "Win" like dust in the wind for the band.. is anyone making the connection???

Dustin Nguyen? That was the name of the actor who was on the original "21 Jump Street" series where Johnny Depp got his start. I don't know how old you are, any chance it was the same guy?

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0629006/

P.S. The IMDB article says he pronounces it "Win"

No chance. This guy is like two maybe three years older than me.

[Phatscotty]

I used to know a guy named Torbin.

We called him Tor-bin Laden

[whitestazn88]

the actual vietnamese pronunciation has a lot more to it than just a simple "win"/"wen" to it. I can assure you that it isn't meant to be 2 syllables. but as we are in a country where the language doesn't have as many accents to add to vowels, any pronunciation that you use is ok.

[tkr4lf]

the actual vietnamese pronunciation has a lot more to it than just a simple "win"/"wen" to it. I can assure you that it isn't meant to be 2 syllables. but as we are in a country where the language doesn't have as many accents to add to vowels, any pronunciation that you use is ok.

So is it okay to pronounce it in-gu-yen? I actually did here it pronounced like that once, and that was on Family Guy, when Brian has to go work for Stewie in that pyramid scam thing, cold calling people.

Which one out of the pronunciations supplied in this thread would you consider most accurate?

[natty dread]

Let me just say band provides an excellent avenue for sex for even the most hopeless high school freshman.

I should have been a band nerd.

Think about it for a second guys. Its one of the only co-ed groups you can join in high school and 90 % of the time were left alone and the school even gives bands rooms that you can be alone in. Im not saying its an orgy going on, just that if you know the right moves you can manipulate a lot of those stupid woodwind chicks into giving you bj's in the practice room during lunch.

So "manipulating" someone into having sex with you is your idea of a good time? Sounds kinda rapey to me.

[Symmetry]

Let me just say band provides an excellent avenue for sex for even the most hopeless high school freshman.

I should have been a band nerd.

Think about it for a second guys. Its one of the only co-ed groups you can join in high school and 90 % of the time were left alone and the school even gives bands rooms that you can be alone in. Im not saying its an orgy going on, just that if you know the right moves you can manipulate a lot of those stupid woodwind chicks into giving you bj's in the practice room during lunch.

So "manipulating" someone into having sex with you is your idea of a good time? Sounds kinda rapey to me.

Nah- he sounds like a guy who has learned about sex from a bunch of juvenile movies, is a bit afraid of actually watching pornography, and would be terrified if faced with a real live woman.

[PLAYER57832]

I've always wondered and I've never heard it actually said, only seen it written. How in the hell do you pronounce this Asian name?

All in all a pretty pointless thread, I just want an answer on this.

Several people I used to know by that name pronounced it "N' Goo Yen", with a slight emphasis on the "goo" bit.

I have no idea if that is the "correct" pronounciation or not.

[KraphtOne]

I've always wondered and I've never heard it actually said, only seen it written. How in the hell do you pronounce this Asian name?

All in all a pretty pointless thread, I just want an answer on this.

Several people I used to know by that name pronounced it "N' Goo Yen", with a slight emphasis on the "goo" bit.

I have no idea if that is the "correct" pronounciation or not.

That, is a lie...

it is pronounced "when" or "win" or if you're listening really closing and the person actually has that last name they'll give a slight hint of the N as in "nwin"

no person with that last name has ever pronounced it NgooYen...