Topic: Help with Finnish pronunciation

[gfirob]

Would some Finnish speaker please help me out with the correct pronunciation of these names, in English (phonetic) spelling? 

Nuutajarvi Notsjo
Is it pronounced
Nut-ah-jar-vey?
or
Noot-uh-yar-way?
or something else?

Is Notsjo pronounced
Nosyo?
Nots-joe
or something else?

Iittala
is it:
ee-tal-ah?
or
eye-tal-ah?
or something else?

And is Kaj Franck's first name pronounced "Kaj" or "Kai" or something else?

This must sound like a very stupid question to someone from Finland, but I'd appreciate any help at all.  I have embarrassed myself in Sweden several times asking for things with brutally incorrected pronunciation.

Thanks from a limited single-language person.

Rob

[Ivo]

The uu in Nuutajärvi is a stretched ooh - and the ä is pronounced e as in bed. [nootajervi]
Notsjö  has an Umlaut - so that is the eu sound from French [notsheu]
Ii is s stretched i - so it is pronounced [eetallah]
Kaj is just that - kai or kaj, no difference.

Ivo [ee:voh]

[Anne]

Rob, this might help: http://glasspeak.yobunny.org.uk/ compiled with help from members of the board here.

[gfirob]

Thanks so much to both of you for this quick response.  I already feel much less stupid [stoo-ped].
Rob

[px]

Rob, I am so happy to see someone wants to pronounce Finnish correctly.
Ivo already gave good advice, I can only be a little more precise:
"The uu in Nuutajärvi is a stretched ooh - and the ä is pronounced e as in bed. [nootajervi]"
Actually the ä is pronounced exactly like in "bad" and the j like the word "you" begins.
[nooh-ta-yär-vi] ?

Notsjö  has an Umlaut - so that is the eu sound from French [notsheu]
Notsjö is Nuutajärvi in Swedish. (both languages used in Finland)
the ö in the end is like if you doubt and say "errrrr..."    And begins like Nuutajärvi, so:
[nooh-t-sher] (forget the r from the end tho)

Kaj is not Kay, so to be sure... [Kah-ee] but very short! and btw the Franck is not with ä ! so you should say [Fr-aah-nck] but very shortly!

I will have to take this opportunity to correct at least this from http://glasspeak.yobunny.org.uk/
Riihimäen Lasi Oy would be [Ree-he-mäh-en] (the ä like in "bad" remember?) [Lah-see] [OO UU] (where there's a long single vocal  "o" from the beginnin of "oh" and a long single vocal from the end of "you", so you are better off even if you say "oh you" rather than oi)
(O.Y. is simply short from  "Osakeyhtiö" meaning company like Ltd.)

Now you're ready to mingle and be mistaken for a Finn!!? 

[Ivo]

Kiita paljon!