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Ngaio - how would you pronounce it?

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JamesDavidsMum · 17/04/2009 17:30

Am expecting my second child Sept/Oct and would like this name for a girl - but worried as to whether it would ever be pronounced even remotely properly.

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TheFallenMadonna · 17/04/2009 17:33

Nyo

Well, that's how I say Ngaio Marsh anyway.

ruddynorah · 17/04/2009 17:32

Un-guy-o (but a very soft 'un')

i used to work with a Mpho (pronounced um-fo)

TheCheeseAlarm · 17/04/2009 17:31

nyo

MrsMattie · 17/04/2009 17:31

Hmmm. En-guy-oh? Na-guy-oh? It's African, yeh? West African? Not sure of language...