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by JadeNB 444 days ago
> There are some other big names where the same vowel sequence isn't recognized: Euler (usually pronounced with /ɔɪ/) and von Neumann (not so much).

I always have trouble finding a reference for the sounds corresponding to IPA symbols, so I'm not sure what you're claiming for the pronunciation of either of those. But, at least among the mostly American mathematicians I know, the 'eu' in 'Euler' and 'von Neumann' are usually pronounced the same way we pronounce the same way we pronounce the 'eu' in 'Freud' (which I agree is essentially how I'd pronounce the 'oy' in 'joyed').
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thaumasiotes 444 days ago
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/von-neu...
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JadeNB 444 days ago
OK, thanks; that does make the claimed pronunciation clear. Still, I have literally never heard a mathematician pronounce the name that way (or Euler's in the analogous way).
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