In the hallway outside the NICU, there are a number of onesies, designed as halloween costumes for a contest. A crowd pleaser is this little pirate outfit, which reads "Arrgh! Wipe me booty!" Might be a fitting costume for Arjen, hearing all the different ways everyone does their best to pronounce his name. But no, we did not name him from an old favorite pirate joke!
So here is your phonetics lesson for the day, courtesy of some random
Dutch guy I found thru google:
Dutch J is like English 'consonant Y' (like in YES) .
So when practicing how to say Arjen's name, pretend the J is a Y. Ar-yen.
Oh, and the answer is "Arrr-gyle"
:)
