Still, “Yudkowsky” looks like it might be an English transliteration of a Russian(-ish) word anyway, so our pronunciation might not be all that far off.
Typically, the middle syllable of such names is pronounced as “cough” in Britain (roughly as in German/Polish/Russian/Yiddish/whatever) in Britain but anglicised to “cow” in America.
Upvoted for truth. Heh.
Still, “Yudkowsky” looks like it might be an English transliteration of a Russian(-ish) word anyway, so our pronunciation might not be all that far off.
His name is said in the first 5 seconds of this video if anyone is particularly interested.
Typically, the middle syllable of such names is pronounced as “cough” in Britain (roughly as in German/Polish/Russian/Yiddish/whatever) in Britain but anglicised to “cow” in America.