On: Mihály Csíkszentmihályi has died

[froh]

"Chick-sent-me-high" was given as a good approximation to pronounce his name in one of his books.

[vekerdyb → froh]

Me-high Cheek-sent-me-high-y would be my approximation for the full name. The Twitter post and the HN title has an extra ‘i’ after his first name. Rest in peace, nyugodj bekeben.

[matmatmatmat → froh]

HN readers in Hungary are just waking up to this news, but I can confirm that's a pretty decent approximation.

[kmarc → froh]

cheek-sent-me-high would be even better.

One of the lesser known Hungarians (even Hungarians don't really know of him), but definitely remarkable life and research.

[sturza → froh]

I can confirm this. On the back of "Good work" - book with Gardner, Csikszentmihalyi and Damon they mention the Chick-sent-me-high pronunciation.

[shaldjfb → froh]

Is chick-sent-me-holly wrong?

[yosito → shaldjfb]

Yes. In Hungarian, ly is pronounced like y, the l is silent.