AnnL7777@aol.com wrote: > > I would like to request some help with understanding the pronunciation and > alternate spellings of Croatian names: > > The name is Asancaic (family originated in Perusic, Lika). > How would you pronounce this? Would it be something like: > AH-sahn-chaich with the ai sounding like "eye" in English? Or would the last > part (caic) be divided into two syllables? > > The parents of Stjepan Asancaic were Mile Asancaic and Mary Hecimovich (as > given by him for US Social Security application). > > Is Mile a form of Michael, or other name? > How is Mary written in Croatian? > > Hecimovich was given as Eckman on Stjepan death certificate, in USA, by his > youngest daughter who probably never knew her grandmother. Would Eckman be a > reasonable misinterpretation of the sound of Hecimovich? > > How would "Perusic" sound if written phonetically in English, with the stress? > > Also, does anyone have the URL for Croatia telephone directory? > > Thank you for the help. > > Ann Lamb > > Thank you for your help. Am not a linguist, read and write foreign languages. Surname Asancaic is spelled Asanc^aic' in Croatian. Surname Hecimovic is spelled Hec'imovic' in Croatian. Persusic is spelled Perus^ic' in Croatian. A few diacritical letters are described below. v c pronounced as " ch " in English word ch-urch. c' pronounced as " ch " in English word ch-eap. (c is pronounced as " ts " in English word tse-tse) The angular c' is used when c is the last letter in a Croatian surname. v s pronounced as " sh " in English word hu-sh. Croatian telephone directory URL http://imenik.hinet.hr/imenik-asp/index.asp