Otto Pronunciation

Boy Names
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See the results of this poll: Otto Pronunciation

Respondents: 49 (This poll is closed)

  • Hard T- Otto : 24 (49%)
  • Soft T/ D Sound- Auto, Odo: 25 (51%)
2

I’m from easy coast US and I say it like auto

3

I’d say it with a hard t

4

A hard t – [name_m]OTT[/name_m]-oh

5

It sounds exactly like “auto” to me.

6

I think this is a matter of accent.

Where I live (the UK) both [name_m]Otto[/name_m] and auto would generally be pronounced either with the hard T or the glottal stop, depending on the speaker’s accent.

7

I didn’t even realise there was a soft T pronunciation! I think it depends on where you live and common accents. In Australia, I’ve only ever heard it pronounced with a hard T, and I only pronounce it with a hard T (and I don’t have a strong Australian accent or anything like that).

8

Thanks everyone! We live in [name_u]Colorado[/name_u]. A lot of people in the US say it like “auto” as mentioned above, which would have a soft t. Americans say “audomobile” not auTomobile… maybe it’s not quite a d sound but a softer t for sure. Same with automatic.
My husband was sounding really awkward and forced saying “[name_m]OTto[/name_m]”. I think we’ll play with it some more. We have time.

9

I’m from the midwest and the one thing I’ve heard about my accent is that we hate pronouncing “t” sounds. So I voted for the soft t/d sound. But I pronounce Auto and [name_m]Otto[/name_m] differently - auto is more like aw -tow and [name_m]Otto[/name_m] is ah-tow or odd-o if that makes sense.

10

I think if you’re in the US the softer sound will make sense and will be how people say it naturally, you might just find it strange if you visit other places eg UK Australia as it would be pronounced with a harder sound automatically by people x

13

Like others have said, there’s a UK/Australian pronunciation and a US one. For me (I’m Australian), auto and [name_m]Otto[/name_m] are completely different both in terms of the t sound and the ‘au’/‘o’ sound. It’s definitely a hard T for me (for both). To be honest, it’s a bit ruined with the ‘d’ sound for me but I suppose it’s all relative/what you’re used to.