In Reply to: the country or the surname? posted by ClockBlocker on June 26, 2026 at 13:10:20
straight forward. But then again I spent some time in Pueblo CO and the local non Spanish speaking folks were able to butcher that name, so you're probably right about all bets being off.
No, I was talking about Nikola's last name. I don't see anything funny about make fun of someone's name. My name has been butchered all my life even though I have always thought it was an easy pronunciation. Oh well. As a result I have always tried to pronounce people's names correctly.
I've seen two versions of Nikola's name phonetically spelled. I've heard it pronounced a few different ways but the correct pronunciation I believe is phonetically spelled (and I'll probably get this wrong) is (to the best of my ability) Koos-TOO-ree-tsah. The last syllable, to my ear, has a soft "ch" sound to it with a hint of the "t" at the beginning.