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How to pronounce author names starting with T

Author Pronunciations

29 last names beginning with "T"

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Mariko Tamaki
muh-REE-ko tuh-MAH-kee
Robert K.. Tanenbaum
robert ta-nen-bom
Haley Tanner
HAIL-ee
Janet Tashjian
ta-jen (Armenian)
Tarun J.. Tejpal
The-roon Tage-pall (first syllable rhymes with age, second with hall)
Janne Teller
Janne = YAWN-eh
Lysley Tenorio
LESS-lee ten-OH-rio
Thao Thai
Thao rhymes with "ow." Thai pronounced "tie."
Souvankham Thammavongsa
soo-VAN-kahm tam-uh-VONG-suh
Paul Theroux
Thor-ew (which, incidentally, is different to Henry Thoreau which is pronounced like 'thorough')
Colin Thubron
THOO-brahn
Greta Thunberg
GRAY-tah TOON-bairk
Ari Tison
AR-ee TY-son
Miriam Toews
Tayvz (rhymes with waves)
Colm Toibin
CULL-um Toe-BEAN
Olga Tokarczuk
tu-KAR-chook
Emma Torzs
terzh
Ofir Touche Gafla
oh-FEAR too-SHAY GAF-lah
Amor Towles
A-more tolls (first syllable of first name rhymes with hay)
Tomas Transtromer
TRAWN-stroh-mur
Natasha Trethewey
TREH-thoo-wee
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
ah-DOH-bee NWO-bah-nee
Yaroslav Trofimov
jaro-slav trophy-mov
Joanna Trollope
trol-lop (rhymes with wollop)
Olivier Truc
oh-LIV-ee-ay trook
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