Roses and Cellar Doors: Same Name?!--Derek

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Same Name?!--Derek

Derek has had an interesting journey. A staple 80s boy-name, it's got a surprising amount of history--and undergone some interesting changes over the centuries.

Original Germanic (Gothic) form: Thiudareiks
Latinized form: Theodoric (thee-oh-DOH-rik)
Modern English form: Derek (DEH-rek)

Other forms:

Dederick (DED-er-ik)--archaic English
Diederick (DEE-der-ik)--Dutch
Dietrich (DEET-rik)--German
Dirk (DEERK or DERK)--German, English
Thierry (tye-REE)--French
Tjodrek (TYOH-drek)--Norwegian
Tudor (TOO-dor)--Welsh

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My Particular Version of English

Pronunciation	IPA	Example
a	/æ/	“cat”
ah, o	/a:/	“father”, “cot”
aw	/ɔ:/	“caught”
ay	/eɩ/	“may”
e,eh	/ɛ/	“bed”
ee	/i:/	“meet”
ehr	/ɛər/	“there”
er,ur	/ər/	“purr”
i,ih	/ɩ/	“sit”
eye	/aɩ/	“idle”
-ye (end of syllable)	/aɩ/	“high”
ine	/aɩn/	“line”
ire	/aɩr/	“wire”
oh	/oʊ/	“cope”
ow	/aʊ/	“cow”
oy	/ɔɩ/	“boy”
u,uh	/ʌ/	“run”
oo, ue	/u:/	“boot”, "rue"
oo	/ʊ/	“hood”
b	/b/	“but”
ch	/tʃ/	“chair”
d	/d/	“day”
f	/f/	“for”
g	/g/	“go”
h	/h/	“hay”
j	/dʒ/	“joy”
k	/k/	“kit”
kh	/x/	“loch”
l	/l/	“low”
m	/m/	“my”
n	/n/	“no”
ng	/ŋ/	“sing”
p	/p/	“put”
r	/r/	“row”
s	/s/	“say”
sh	/ʃ/	“shy”
t	/t/	“tie”
th	/θ/	“thing”
th	/đ/	“the”
v	/v/	“voice”
w	/w/	“we”
y	/j/	“yes”
z	/z/	“zoo”
zh	/ʒ/	“azure”

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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Same Name?!--Derek

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