Quoth Petr Pudlak ,

I have a question for native English speakers: What is the correct pronunciation of the name "Curry" (in "Haskell Curry") and the derived verb "currying"? I found on Wikitonary the name is (probably) of Irish orgin, so I suppose that the pronunciation may by nonstandard.

I'm going to vote for `rhymes with hurry(ing).' Stress on the first syllable, where the vowel is mid-position and unrounded, the null vowel that's often spelled 'u'. My Irish neighbor might pronounce it a little different - more like Car-y - but he's kind of hard to understand, so I wouldn't take him as an example! Is that nonstandard? I don't know - is there a standard? The only one I know is that for any English name, the main stress falls on the first syllable. (I think even including Gaelic origins, but of course not counting Mac/Mc/O prefixes.) The only exception I can think of is that most people with the Scottish name Monroe seem to put the stress on the second syllable. Donn

Here's how I say it (literally): http://hubrisarts.com/curry.wav On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Petr Pudlak wrote:

Hi all,

I have a question for native English speakers: What is the correct pronunciation of the name "Curry" (in "Haskell Curry") and the derived verb "currying"? I found on Wikitonary the name is (probably) of Irish orgin, so I suppose that the pronunciation may by nonstandard.

Probably the best way to answer would be either a link to some voice sample or written using some standard phonetic alphabet.

   Thanks a lot,    Petr

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