r/AskRomania • u/Current_Office_7101 • 20h ago

Writing a Romanian speaking character, pronunciation advice?

How would a Romanian (rather old) speaker end up pronouncing the name "Archimedes", would they have an easier time with a nickname like "Archie"? Im not looking to see if they can or can't, im just curious how it would sound if they tried!

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u/BestSorbet6197 20h ago

It depends on your character. Is he educated? Would probably use the Romanian variant, Arhimede (Ar-hee-meh-deh). For your specific name, a simple older Romanian would read it Ar-kee-meh-des, phonetically. Archie would be a very tricky one for an older Romanian speaker. My grandpa would probably change it to an Arcuș haha or something that sounds more Romanian.

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u/Current_Office_7101 19h ago edited 19h ago

O? What is this Arcuș! And they would be educated but encountering the name for the first, time only hearing it.

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u/Dull_Pollution4691 19h ago edited 19h ago

it’s Arcuș not Arcuş. ș is the correct letter not ş