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Oleg Kagan's avatar

Thank you for the intro!. I've been enjoying your newsletter for a while now so it was interesting to learn a little more about you. I did have a question: I don't speak Turkish so I'm not sure how to read your name phonetically. Is the u like the ou in boulevard or the oo in book? And the the c (ç?) like a k or more like a ch?

Sorry about this awkward way of asking. I'm not a linguist so I don't know how to ask in a more scientific way. If I can hear a name, I can usually pronounce it (being from the former Soviet Union with our long names has at least some advantages 😁) but I'm left guessing when reading.

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Burcu Basar's avatar

Hi Oleg, thank you for your interest and asking ☺️ it is not like a k - closer to somewhere between ch and j.

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Oleg Kagan's avatar

Thank you!!

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