Why is this site called "Sugelan" ?

The answer is quite simple: my name is Brian Smith and when I chose my domain name, all the obvious variations on my name had already been registered. So I chose a name which was unique and simple.

How do you pronounce "Sugelan" ?

The Mandarin Chinese pronunciation of su-ge-lan is fairly close to the following sounds:

	su	like   the	Su	in   "Susan"
	ge	like   the	gi	in   "girl"
	lan	like   the	lan	in   "land"

Listen (24 KB WAV file or 5 KB MP3 file) to a rather stilted rendition of the correct pronunciation.