Pronouncing Jacyna

[Arion]

I'm reading some things written by a Professor Jacyna, who as far as I know is English. Talking about him is becoming an exercise on periphrasis... does someone know how his surname is pronounced?
thank you a lot

 

[5jj]

The best I can do is a different man with the same name, who pronounces his name 'Jace-na'. MITRE | MITRE Fellows

However, you'll have to wait until you find someone who knows your Jacyna to be sure.

 

[JohnParis]

If you're reading a book by the gastroenterologist Doctor Meron Jacyna of Saint Mark's Hospital, London, it's pronounced (3 syllables) Jah 'see nah (accent on the 2nd syllable).

 

[JohnParis]

Thanks for the very nice PM, Jed. I can't reply just yet - I need more posts.
I removed the phone number from my post. I don't know what I was thinking - of course I shouldn't post phone numbers here. My apologies.
Is there a way that you can do the same from the quote in your post?
Thanks,
John

 

[5jj]

Silly of me - I have done so.

 

[birdeen's call]

This is certainly not the right answer, but just for the record: it's a Polish surname and if he were Polish, it would be pronounced /'jat͡sɨna/.

 

[BobK]

This is certainly not the right answer, but just for the record: it's a Polish surname and if he were Polish, it would be pronounced /'jat͡sɨna/.

You can almost guarantee that when English gets hold of a foreign name, the stress will be the first to go! I had a Polish schoolfriend called Patyna, and everyone (including him) said /pǝ'ti:nǝ/.

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[birdeen's call]

You can almost guarantee that when English gets hold of a foreign name, the stress will be the first to go! I had a Polish schoolfriend called Patyna, and everyone (including him) said /pǝ'ti:nǝ/.

b

Oh my. It's true what you say, but not in this case... I put the ' in the wrong place. It's /ja't͡sɨna/. A strange typo -- sorry. Polish has very strict rules of accentuation and almost all words are paroxytonic.

 

[5jj]

paroxytonic.

Another new word for my collection, thank you.

 

[Arion]

Thank you all for your answers! :up:
Actually, 'my' Jacyna is Dr Stephen Jacyna of the University of Glasgow; anyway, I don't see why it shouldn't be pronounced the way you wrote... So I'll stick to your suggestions on the English pronounciation.
Thank you also for the etymological note

 

[~Mav~]

Another new word for my collection, thank you.

Then you have just reached the unimaginable: a vocabulary of 175,001 words. :shock: ;-) :-D
I would have thought that "paroxytonic" is some cough syrup. :mrgreen: I salute you, BC, most impressive!

 

[BobK]

Then you have just reached the unimaginable: a vocabulary of 175,001 words. :shock: ;-) :-D
I would have thought that "paroxytonic" is some cough syrup. :mrgreen: I salute you, BC, most impressive!

That anti-convulsant syrup is pretty neat! :up: But there's another one where that came from - a 'proparoxytonic' word is stressed on the antepenultimate syllable. Spanish calls such words palabras esdrújulas, which is pleasingly self-referential. ;-)

b