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How to pronounce author names starting with L

Author Pronunciations

54 last names beginning with "L"

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Louis L'Amour
LOO-ee luh-MUR
Benjamin Labatut
lah-bah-TOOT
Paul LaFarge
Paul LaFarge (Farge rhymes with "barge")
Robin L.. LaFevers
luh-FEE-verz
Jhumpa Lahiri
JHOOM-paah L-hee-ree
Thanhha Lai
Th-ang ha (see biography)
Amara Lakhous
Lahk-house
Alex Landragin
LANN-drag-in
J Drew. Lanham
LAN-uhm
Claude Lanzmann
Clohde Lahns-mun
Rattawut Lapcharoensap
Rat-a-what Lap-share-owen-sap
Alice LaPlante
La Plant (the final 'e' is silent)
Sasha taqʷšəblu. LaPointe
saw-sha tock-sha-blue la-point
Anna Lappe
luh-PAY (confirmed by the author)
Frances Moore Lappe
luh-PAY (confirmed by the author)
Stieg Larsson
Steeg (rhymes with league) LARSson
Owen Laukkanen
LAU-kuh-nin. "Lau" rhymes with "ow."
Ariel Lawhon
LAW-hahn
Vanessa Le
Last name pronounced "lay"
John Le Carre
luh KAR-AY
Bem Le Hunte
http://www.bemlehunte.com/bemlehunte/Home.html
Sergei Lebedev
SER-gay LEH-beh-dehv
Chang-rae Lee
chong-ray lee
Krys Lee
sounds like kris
Marie Myung-Ok. Lee
myung-oak ("Myung" is a single syllable, equal emphasis on each syllable)
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