You Say It How?
LBPH Pronunciation Guide to Names of Public Figures
“You Say it How?” is an audio-enhanced version of “Say How?,” a pronunciation guide of the names of lesser known and contemporary public figures. The guide was created for and is maintained by Ray Hagen for the Library of Congress Talking Book Studios of the National Library Service (NLS). Ray Hagen is the voice of “You Say it How?” and the project was monitored by Laura Giannarelli.
Background for the print guide is available at http://www.loc.gov/nls/other/saywhat.html
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Notes on using the guide are at http://www.loc.gov/nls/other/hownotes.html
Audio addition underwritten by the Friends of Wolfner Library.
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Gaal, Francisca (frän-SIS-kä GÄL)
Gabor, Zsa Zsa (ZHÄ-zhä gä-BÔR)
Gaddafi, Muammar (moo-Ä-mär ge-DAF-ē)
Gagarin, Yuri (YÜR-ē gä-GÄ-rin)
Gailhaguet, Didier (DĒ-dyā GĪ-ə-GĀ)
Gajdusek, Daniel Carleton (gə-DOO-sek)
Galbraith, John Kenneth (GAL-brāth)
Galiena, Anna (ÄN-yoo gäl-YEN-ə)
Galifianakis, Zach (ZAK gal-ə-fə-NAK-əs)
Gallant, Mavis (MĀ-vis gə-LÄNT)
Gallaudet, Edward Miner (GAL-ə-DET)
Gallegus, Manual (man-WEL gä-YĀ-gəs)
Gallian, Ketti (KET-ē GAL-ē-ən)
Galuten, Albhy (AL-bē GAL-ə-tin)
Gamatra, Nisha (NĒSH-ə gə-MÄ-trə)
Gambatesa, Donald (gambə-TĒZ-ə)
Gamelin, Maurice Gustave (gam-LA[N])
Gampel, Lilit (LIL-ēt gam-PEL)
Gangel, Jamie (JĀM-ē gang-GEL)
Garabedian, Mitchell (gar-əBĀ-dē-ən)
Garagiola, Joe (GAR-ə-jē-Ō-lə)
Garciaparra, Nomar (NŌ-mär gär-sē-ə-PÄr-ə)
Garmaise, Freda (FRĒD-ə gär-MĀZ)
Garofolo, Janeane (jə-NĒN gə-RO-fə-lō)
Garriguenc, Rene (rə-NĀ GAR-i-gank)
Garrison-Steves, Kelly (STĒVZ)
Gassman, Vittorio (vē-TÔR-ē-ō GÄS-män)
Gasteyer, Ana (ÄN-ə GAS-tī-ər)
Gatti-Casazza, Giulio (JOOL-yō GÄT-ē-kä-SÄT-sä)
Gaultier, Jean-Paul (ZHÄ[N]-PAUL gō-tē-Ā)
Gaver, Chasen (CHĀS-ən GĀV-ər)
Gayda, Virginio (vēr-JĒN-yō GĪ-dä)
Gazzaniga, Michael S. (gə-ZÄN-i-gə)
Gebrselassie, Haile (HĪL-ē GEB-rə-sə-las-ē)
Gedevanishvili, Elene (ā-LĀN-ə GED-ə-vän-ish-VĒ-lē)
Geisel, Ted [Dr. Seuss] (GĪ-zəl)
Gell, Alan (GEL)
Gemignani, Paul (jem-in-YÄN-ē)
Genadry, Michael R. (jə-NÄD-rē)
Gentileschi, Artemisia (ärt-ə-MĒ-zē-ə jān-tē-LES-kē)
Geragos, Mark (GER-ə-gəs)
Gergiev, Valery (və-LÂR-ē GÂR-gē-yef)
Germaniuk, Humphrey D. (jûr-mə-NIK)
Gerstein, Mordicai (MÔR-də-kī GÛR-stēn)
Gerulaitis, Vitas (VĒ-təs jer-ə-LĪT-əs)
Gesell, Gerhard (GÂR-härt gə-ZEL)
Getty, Balthazar (BAL-thə-zär)
Ghukov, Evgeni (ev-GEN-ē ZHOO-kôf)
Giallelis, Stathis (STÄTH-ēs yə-LÂL-ēs)
Giamatti, A. Bartlett "Bart" (jē-ə-MÄT-ē)
Giambalvo, Louis (LOO-ē jē-əm-BÄL-vō)
Giannarelli, Laura (jen-ə-REL-ē)
Giannulli, Mossimo (MÔS-i-mō jē-äNOO-lē)
Giarrantano, Joe (jē-är-än-TÄ-nō)
Gideonse, Harry D. (GID-ē-uns)
Giesecke, Adolph (Ā-dolf GĒS-kē)
Gigli, Beniamino (bā-nyä-MĒ-nō JĒ-lyē)
Giguere, Jean-Sebastien (zhä[n]-se-bäs-TYA[N] zhə-GÂR)
Gilberto, Astrud (AS-trood jil-BÂRT-ō)
Gingold, Hermione (hər-MĪ-ə-nē GING-gōld)
Giove, Missy (jē-Ō-vē)
Givenchy, H.L. [see "de Givenchy"] ()
Gizycka, Felicia (fə-LĒSH-ə gə-ZHĒS-kə)
Gladstein, Richard (GLAD-stēn)
Glaser, Paul Michael (GLĀZ-ər)
Glendening, Parris (glen-DEN-ing)
Glickstein, Howard (GLIK-stīn)
Globus, Yoram (YÔR-əm GLŌ-bəs)
Glover, Savion (SĀV-ē-on GLUV-ər)
Gluck, Louise Elisabeth (GLIK)
Godard, Jean-Luc (ZHÄ[N]-LOOK gō-DÄR)
Godowsky, Dagmar (goo-DOF-skē)
Goebbels, Joseph (YŌ-sef GÛ-bilz)
Goergen-Rood, Margie (GÔR-jən-ROOD)
Goering, Hermann (HER-män GÂR-ing)
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang (YŌ-hän VÜLF-gäng GÛ-tə)
Goetschl, Renate (rə-NÄT-ə GÛT-shəl)
Goetz, Bernhard (BÛRN-härd GETS)
Gogoladze, Vladimir (vlä-DĒ-mir gō-gôl-OT-sē)
Goizueta, Roberto (rō-BÂR-tō goi-SWET-ä)
Goldberg, Lucianne (LOOS-ē-AN)
Golden, LaVona "Sandi" (lə-VŌN-ə)
Goldenweiser, Alexander A. (GŌL-den-wī-zər)
Goldhagen, Erich (ER-ik GŌLD-hä-gən)
Goldman-Rakic, Patricia (RAK-ēsh)
Goldstein, Charles (GŌLD-stēn)
Goldstein, Jenette (GŌLD-stēn)
Goldstein, Leonard (GŌLD-stēn)
Gollitzen, Alexander (gol-IT-sin)
Gombell, Minna (MIN-ə gom-BEL)
Gomulka, Wladislaw (vwä-DIS-wäf gô-MÔL-kä)
Gonzales, Miguel Angel (mē-GEL än-HEL)
Gonzales, Virgilio (vēr-HĒL-yō)
Goodlatte, Robert W. (GÜD-lat)
Goolagong, Evonne (ē-VON GOOL-ə-gong)
Goosen, Retief (rə-tĒF GOOS-ən)
Goranson, Lecy (LĒ-sē GÔR-ən-sən)
Gorbachev, Mikhail (mē-KHĪL GÔR-bä-CHOF)
Gorbachev, Raisa (rī-ĒS-ə GÔR-bä-CHOF)
Gordeeva, Ekaterina (ā-kät-er-ĒN-ä gôr-dē-Ā-vä)
Gorecki, Henryk (HEN-rik goor-ETZ-skē)
Gorelick, Jamie S. (GÔR-əL-ik)
Gorelik, Mordecai "Max" (MÔR-də-kī gôr-EL-ik)
Gortner, Marjoe (MÄR-jō GÔRT-nər)
Gossard, Chrisha (KRISH-ə GOS-ərd)
Gosselaar, Mark Paul (GOS-lər)
Gossett, Louis (LOO-əs GOS-ət)
Gottehrer, Richard (GOT-ə-rər)
Goudal, Jetta (ZHET-ə goo-DÄL)
Gracen, Elizabeth Ward (GRĀ-sən)
Grandmaison, Sylvia (GRAND-mās-ən)
Grappelli, Stephane (stā-FÄN grə-PEL-ē)
Gravet, Fernand (fâr-NÄ[N] grä-VĀ)
Gray, Francine du Plessix (də-plā-SĒ)
Greco, Juliet (zhool-YET GREK-ō)
Greenhalgh, Peter (GRĒN-halsh)
Gregorich, Barbara (grə-GÔR-ich)
Greis, John (GRĪS)
Griffes, Charles Tomlinson (GRIF-əs)
Griffith, Capt. Roney S. (RŌN-ē)
Grijalva, Raúl M. (rä-OOL grē-HÄL-vä)
Grimaldi, Princess Caroline (KAR-ə-lin)
Grindinger, Larry (GRIN-dəng-ər)
Grischuk, Oksana (ok-SÄN-ə gri-SHÜK)
Gross, Arye (ÄR-ē)
Grossinger, Jennie (GRŌS-ing-ər)
Grubman, Lizzie (GROOB-mən)
Gruenberg, Sidonie (sē-DŌ-nē GROO-ən-bûrg)
Gruffudd, Ioan (YŌ-ən GRIF-əth)
Guber, Peter (GOOB-ər)
Gucci, Maurizio (mou-RĒT-syō GOO-chē)
Gudenis, Thomas Lee (gə-DĒN-is)
Guediguian, Robert (rō-BÂ gā-dē-GYÄ[n])
Guercio, James William (GÛRS-ē-ō)
Guerrero, Lisa (LĒS-ə gə-RÂR-ō)
Guetary, Georges (ZHÔRZH GĒ-tä-RĒ)
Guhdija, Mustafa (MOOS-tə-fə GÜD-yä)
Guigliano, Robert (joo-lē-ÄN-ō)
Guimond, Capt. Gary A. (GĒ-mōnd)
Guirgis, Stephen Adly (GĒR-gəs)
Guizar, Tito (Amer.-gi-ZÄR; Span.- GĒ-sär)
Gulager, Clu (KLOO GOOL-ə-gər)
Guleghina, Maria (goo-LEG-ēn-ə)
Gurdjieff, George (gûr-JĒF)
Gurewitsch, David (gûr-Ā-vich)
Gutierrez, Gerald (goo-TÂR-ez)
Gutierrez, Luis V. (loo-ĒS goo-tē-ÂR-ez)
Guttenberg, Steve (GOOT-ən-bûrg)
Guttentag, Lucas (GOOT-ən-täg)
Guttmacher, Allan (GOOT-mäk-ər)
Guy-Blache, Alice (GĒ-blä-SHĀ)
Guzman, Luis (loo-ĒS GOOS-män)
Gyllenhaal, Maggie (JIL-ən-hôl)
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