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Originally Posted by cocoabutter  So, is it like /nəʊˈdɪə/? I once heard other lecturer pronounce it as /ˈnɔːdɪ/ and wanted to make sure.
Be sure I will 
I don't know how to download it, I've just copied the transcription from the word processor. |
Thanks to your inquiry, I've got the phonetic symbols! Anglika put me onto the page where they are. So I'm using them for the first time to answer this: Yes, as you have transcribed it: /nəʊ'dɪə/
It could also be transcribed as /nɔ:'dɪə/
If you try practicing both versions you'll see that in this environment the difference is imperceptible.
The pronunciation you've heard other lecturers using is in fact incorrect for a South African Naude. Today, Naude is an Afrikaans name and other communities there including the English speaking South Africans pronounce it the way the Afrikaners do. But the English speaking Naudes elsewhere in the world would pronounce it differently, very possibly most of the time as /ˈnɔːdɪ/, the way BobK guessed it might be pronounced.
