Dr. Sivasubramanian Chandrasegarampillai

[Kenshin1591]

Anyone care to pronounce?
I've been going around all day trying to say this, to no vail.
Thank you!

[steve12553]

Was this the full name of HAL's creator or is this a different reference?

[Kenshin1591]

Right, it was hal's creator

[Red Phoenix]

now this is just a guess but here it goes
DR (obvious) Siv - A - Sub - Ramanian Chan - dra - segara - ram - pilli

Hows that sound, its a complete guess but hey

[Steve Jordan]

You got an extra "R" in the last name.

[j. d. worthington]

Actually, an extra syllable: "ra". Yes, it's a tongue-twister if you aren't used to such names; but give it a few tries and, if you have been exposed to much in the way of Indian names, you'll find that it soon seems to have a musical flow to it....

[MG1962]

I think it was Clarke's nod to Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Who I believe is still India's only Nobel prize winner

[manephelien]

Indeed. Although I think he got at least one of those long-winded Hindu names from the Colombo phone book.

[iansales]

It's not Hindu. Hindi, perhaps. Although they speak Sinhala and Tamil on Sri Lanka.

[ntstatic]

if you are an indian you can easily pronounce it more so if you are a south indian. South Indian and SriLankan names have so much in common.

i don know how to write down pronounciations but here goes

Doctor Shiva - shubhra - manian (normally it would be maniam) Chandra Shegaram Pillai