Michael V said:

Bubblecar said:

Michael V said:

So is that “on-dree”?

Approximately. More like AHN-dree-y. Although adding a little “y” sound on the end is unfamiliar to English speakers.

Interesting, thanks.

I’ve always liked to learn to pronounce people’s names the way they would like them pronounced.

When I was growing up, my father was a migrant English teacher. We had lots of visitors who spoke other languages, so I developed the habit of asking, trying, asking again, trying again until I got the pronunciation right.

And that, in a way, is how I got my nickname. A teacher at a bayside high school in Melbourne who, not having seen many or any eastern European surnames managed to mangle mine. The name, which I quite liked and shortened for brevity, stuck. Some friends still call me by that name, some 65 years since it was coined.