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To be be giving a wedding reading on Saturday and not know how to pronounce the author's name?!

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Acunningruse · 22/06/2017 23:20

I chose it as well so no excuse Blush
It's Union by Robert Fulghum, does anyone know how his surname ought to be pronounced please?
Thank you!

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WeShouldOpenABar · 22/06/2017 23:25

If you go to the speaker by his name on Wikipedia it pronounces it for you

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fulghum

KoalaDownUnder · 22/06/2017 23:26

www.howtopronounce.com/robert-fulghum/

Ojoj1974 · 22/06/2017 23:32

Omg we had that reading at our wedding 12 years ago!! Good choice.

Acunningruse · 22/06/2017 23:32

Ah thank you! Baby DD asleep next to me at present so will play clips tomorrow in a couple of hours when she's awake

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Acunningruse · 22/06/2017 23:33

Aww thanks Oj!

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travailtotravel · 22/06/2017 23:34

I think it will be full-gum

Tiredemma · 22/06/2017 23:39

I read that at my cousins wedding 4 years ago. I pronounced it Ful-Jum

ExhaustedPigeon · 22/06/2017 23:48

I read this at a wedding recently and had the same problem. I used the link koala posted to learn it and wrote it phonetically at the top of the page so I didn't forget! Ful-jum

Acunningruse · 22/06/2017 23:57

Is it a hard J as in Jam or more of a zzzzhhh sound as in Imogen? Thank

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Unihorn · 22/06/2017 23:59

We had this! I think my mum just said the title not the author Grin

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