Appendix C
Pronunciation quick reference
The 59 names most often mispronounced in a calculus classroom. IPA gives the native pronunciation; the bold respelling is what to say out loud in English. The full register of 212 people is Appendix A.
| Name | Say it | |
|---|---|---|
| Abel | AH-bel | |
| Adrien-Marie Legendre | ah-dree-AN mah-REE luh-ZHAHNDR | |
| Archimedes | ar-kih-MEE-deez | |
| Bhaskara II | BHAAS-kuh-ruh | |
| Bolzano | bol-TSAH-noh | |
| Bonaventura Cavalieri | kah-vah-LYEH-ree | |
| Cantor | KAN-tor | |
| Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi | karl GOOS-tahf YAH-kop yah-KOH-bee | |
| Cauchy | koh-SHEE | |
| Christiaan Huygens | Dutch: KRIS-tee-yahn HOY-khuns (the g is a throaty kh). Anglicised: HY-genz. | |
| Colin Maclaurin | muh-KLOR-in | |
| Daniel Bernoulli | DAH-nee-el bair-NOO-lee | |
| Dedekind | DAY-duh-kint | |
| Dirichlet | dee-ree-KLAY | |
| Emilie du Chatelet | ay-mee-LEE dew shat-LAY | |
| Emmy Noether | NUR-ter (round the lips as if for "oo") | |
| Eudoxus | yoo-DOK-sus | |
| Evangelista Torricelli | tor-ree-CHEL-lee | |
| Fourier | foor-YAY | |
| Galois | gal-WAH | |
| Gilles Personne de Roberval | zheel pair-SUN duh roh-bair-VAL | |
| Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz | German: LYPE-nits (the b devoices to p, as in Leib). Common English: LYBE-nitz. Both are in use; the German is the one he answered to. | |
| Hermite | air-MEET | |
| Ibn al-Haytham | IB-n al-HY-tham | |
| Isaac Barrow | EYE-zuk BARR-oh | |
| Jacob Bernoulli | YAH-kop bair-NOO-lee | |
| Johann Bernoulli | YOH-hahn bair-NOO-lee | |
| John Wallis | WOL-iss | |
| Joseph-Louis Lagrange | zhoh-ZEF lwee lah-GRAHNZH | |
| Jyeshthadeva | JYESHT-huh-DAY-vuh | |
| Kovalevskaya | kuh-vuh-LYEF-skuh-yuh | |
| Kronecker | KROH-nek-er | |
| Laurent Schwartz | loh-RAHN SHVARTS | |
| Lebesgue | luh-BEG | |
| Leonhard Euler | LAY-on-hart OY-ler (never YOO-ler) | |
| Liu Hui | lyoh HWAY | |
| Madhava of Sangamagrama | MAAD-huh-vuh | |
| Maria Gaetana Agnesi | mah-REE-ah gah-eh-TAH-nah ah-NYEH-zee | |
| Mary Somerville | SUM-uh-vil | |
| Nicole Oresme | oh-REM | |
| Nilakantha Somayaji | NEE-luh-KUN-tuh soh-muh-YAA-jee | |
| Peano | peh-AH-noh | |
| Pierre de Fermat | pyair duh fair-MAH | |
| Pierre-Simon Laplace | pyair see-MON lah-PLASS | |
| Rene Descartes | ruh-NAY day-KART | |
| Riemann | REE-mahn | |
| Seki Takakazu | SEH-kee tah-kah-KAH-tsoo | |
| Sharaf al-Din al-Tusi | SHA-raf ad-DEEN at-TOO-see | |
| Sophie Germain | mah-REE so-FEE zher-MAN | |
| Srinivasa Ramanujan | SHREE-nih-VAH-suh rah-MAH-nuu-jun | |
| Stieltjes | STEELT-yuhs | |
| Takebe Kataaki | TAH-keh-beh kah-tah-AH-kee | |
| Takebe Katahiro | TAH-keh-beh kah-tah-HEE-roh | |
| Thabit ibn Qurra | THAA-bit ib-n KOOR-ruh | |
| Thomas Bradwardine | BRAD-wer-deen | |
| Weierstrass | VY-er-shtrahss | |
| William Heytesbury | HAYTS-bur-ee | |
| Zu Chongzhi | dzoo chong-JRR | |
| Zu Gengzhi | dzoo gung-JRR |