Baby Name Lovers

fairytale · Forum Leader Joined: 16 Oct 2005 Posts: 381 Location: Ohio

Maike?

It's the name of the German foreign exchange student I'll be hosting in March!!!

I'd kind of like to know how to say her name before she gets here LOL.

Thanks!!!
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IloveBabies · Member Joined: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 407

Sorry dont know!!!
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Princess_of_the_king · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 11:29 pm Post subject:

I would pronounce it Muh-Key or My-Key but I know its wrong.
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Psyche · Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:50 am Post subject:

Belphoebe · Junior Member Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 115

BabyNameLover · Admin/Mod Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 2842 Location: UK

MY-kuh? Just a guess! German exchanges are so fun

I had a lovely girl named Carolin come to stay last year and I went there too. Very Happy

Have fun!
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lola-n-posie · Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 5:40 pm Post subject:

I'll third the Mike-ah pronunciation. It just makes the most logical sense. If the Dutch say it like Mike, Geman probably isn't that far off, hence Mike-ah. Best best though? Make a sign up for when you pick her up at the airport and then when you get face to face say Hi, I'm ----insert name here---- , and if you're lucky, she'll jump right in with a "Hi --insert name here I'm --- " and she'll say her own name. If not, you can politely ask.. "and how exactly do you pronounce you name, it looks lovely!"

This coming from someone who hosted a Hungarian girl my Junior year in high school and I didn't know how to say her name then either. That's how I got to learn her name! (it was Ãgota, for the record)
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www.calamainium.com · Newbie Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 8

Have fun
but I don't know how to pronounce it
sorry why not ask your teacher or something
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