In a message dated 3/1/07 12:36:02 AM, swprograms-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
I also heard the peculiar "Budapesht"
pronunciation from the announcer.
Not so peculiar... that's the way it's supposed to be pronounced. The Hungarian character "s" is pronounced like English "sh". To get the English sound "s", you would use the Hungarian characters "sz".
Saul Broudy W3WHK
Philadelphia, PA USA
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