Georgopoulos

English translation: Yorgόpoolos - stress on 2nd syllable

05:56 Sep 25, 2002

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Greek term or phrase: Georgopoulos

Apostos P. Georgopoulos
He was (still is?) a researcher at Johns Hopkins University, USA.

How do you pronounce his name? Did he use the Greek pronunciation in America?

mkj (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 50 (none open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 415 United States
Local time: 13:18

English translation:Yorgόpoolos - stress on 2nd syllable

Explanation:
Being based in UK I don't know how he pronounced his name in US. A variation in transliteration would be
Georgeόpoolos

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Note added at 2002-09-25 07:37:20 (GMT)
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The \'p\' IS pronounced. Just that the \'o\' is stressed.

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Note added at 2002-09-25 19:19:29 (GMT)
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The \"ou\" part of his last name is pronounced like \"oo\" as in boots

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Margaret Lagoyianni
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:18

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Thank you very much, Margaret, cgv, and all the others who replied to my question. You are very kind. Until next time, then!
mkj
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Summary of answers provided

5 +5

Apostolos P. Yeorgopoulos

Constantinos Vouzakis

4 +2

Yorgόpoolos - stress on 2nd syllable

Margaret Lagoyianni

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Yorgόpoolos - stress on 2nd syllable

Margaret Lagoyianni
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:18

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Thank you very much, Margaret, cgv, and all the others who replied to my question. You are very kind. Until next time, then!
mkj

26 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

Apostolos P. Yeorgopoulos

Explanation:
The first name should be Apostolos and not Apostos (probably mispelled?)
The pronunciation in the US would be, \"Yeorgopoulos\" for the last name and \"Apostolos\" for the first name.

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Note added at 2002-09-25 07:38:57 (GMT)
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In Greece, the capital letter between the first and last name denotes father\'s name. It is used for identification purposes and only in formal occasions. For example in court, this person would identify himself as \"Yeorgopoulos Apostolos, son of P\" (could be Panayotis or Petros or a number of other names). Thus, the \"P\" is not part of his last name, rather, the initial of his father\'s first name.

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Note added at 2002-09-25 07:46:21 (GMT)
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However, if I may also answer the second part of your question, the \"p\" in his last name is indeed pronounced. I agree with Margaret.

Constantinos Vouzakis
Greece
Local time: 23:18
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