okay, so they tell us how to pronounce Nicholas but not Joaquin (wah-keen)?

ERREEEKKA?? I am so aggravated with this! Its obviously spelled Eric-ah. Not EREEEEEKA

Because everyone knows how to correctly pronounce Joaquin...

yeah... Henri is actually the French version of Henry. And that's how you pronounce it in French, ahn-ree.

There are lots of "normal" names on the list: Bill, Kate, Larry, etc. But there are only so many names out there, and I think that once a name is used that's it. But I do agree that providing a guide to pronounce Erika (after people have watched All My Children for decades) seems a little dumb.

Ahn-ree is the way they say it in France and they can make anything sound weak.

Thanks for clearing this up for all of us dummies..... heres an idea NORMAL NAMES...what has this world come too

Okay what about Joaquin(wa-keen)

how considerate of them!

if they need a pronunciation guide to help with sounding out Erika, Nicholas, Odette, Teresa,Claudette, or Victor - They should not even have recieved their degree! The only name up there that is pronounced incorrectly is the one spelled Henri. Henri is pronounced (Hen-ree) - You want the pronunciation "ahn-ree" then spell it onry or onri. Better yet, don't do stupid spellings and pronunciations to perfectly good names! The ONLY name up there that MIGHT need clarification is Joaquin, and they did not EVEN do that one! (hwa-kin) This might just be the most asinine report i've ever read. NEXT!

I think that it is a sad day when we need a guide to help us pronunciate the names of future storms.