Posted by Cyril on July 15, 2001 at 13:59:48:
In Reply to: how to pronounce yeung posted by newton on July 13, 2001 at 20:37:28:
: How was "yeung" translated/created originally. "eu" has no sound in spoken English. It is possible that it was based in German originally.
i think it's from dutch. the 'eu' exists in dutch language and it's the same as the cantonese one. i don't know how 'yeung' is pronounced exactly, but my guess it's either with the 'eu' or 'ui' (sharper) - both sounds also exist in dutch
cyril.