my name city and country in japanese

[morphious167]

can anyone please tell me how to pronounce my name city and country in japanese it would be much appreciated my name is david somerville i come from glasgow in scotland? arigatou

[Belton]

There's a thread for these requests here
http://www.japanesepod101.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=778

I'm sure someone will be along to move this there, and delete the double post, eventually.

In the meantime

David Somerville デービット・サマビル deibitto samabiru
Glasgow グラスゴー gurasugou
Scotland スコットランド sukottoranndo

as for how to pronounce Japanese...
http://www.japanesepod101.com/learningc ... gana_chart
(needs a premium or 7day free subscription)

[morphious167]

thought i had cracked it myself but colud not have been more wrong. domo arigatou.

[QuackingShoe]

It's デヴィッド・サマーヴィル according to the most common references I can find, but it probably varies based on local pronunciation.

[Belton]

That most Japanese of sounds "V"

I think that Japanese mostly still pronounce and render V sounds with the B row, despite spelling reform for foreign words.
According to the current official guidance (外来語の表記) either is acceptable. (para 7)
I'm probably just old fashioned though.