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Old 18th January 2003, 20:00
Menorah Menorah is offline
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I am wanting to know how to pronounce the name Tichomirow. Could anyone help me? Thank you!
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Old 22nd January 2003, 08:23
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I am wanting to know how to pronounce the name Tichomirow. Could anyone help me? Thank you!
Better spelled as 'Tikhomirov' (it's a surname, by the way).

Pronunciation is a bit more difficult, something like:

Tee-kha-mee-raf

- mee is more stressed than the other vowels
- the k in kha is almost silent
- The R is hard, like in Spanish language


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Old 24th January 2003, 06:28
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Thank you very much for your help davlet.
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