Not talking about the people themselves just how awesome some names are. My favorites is Stephan Wolfram and Matt Goldbolt!

  • folekaule@lemmy.world
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    Throwing one in for Niklaus Wirth because he said:

    Whereas Europeans generally pronounce my name the right way (‘Ni-klows Wirt’), Americans invariably mangle it into ‘Nick-les Worth’. This is to say that Europeans call me by name, but Americans call me by value.

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      Amazing quote!

      Probably the closest way to pronounce the name as an American would be “Virt”, with “i” pronounced as in “will”.