January 28, 2011

theydothingsdifferentlythere asked: So I've always been a fan of the Romanian/French absurdist playwright Eugene Ionesco. The thing is, I've never known how to pronounce his last name. I know Romania can also be Rumania, but that doesn't cause any hassles in pronounciation because the sounds are the same. When the letter is at the end of a word is different.

So how do I say the name of my favourite playwright without sounding like a fool?

YEH-oo-jen ee-oh-NEH-skoh. If you say it with an Italian accent you’ll be pretty close.

And PS, count me among those who want to read the rest of your Moroccan rug story sooner rather than later.

  1. theydothingsdifferentlythere said: Thanks a bunch, Casey! And yeah, I’ll get on that…
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