Ta-mah-toe, to-may-to; it's just sounds!!

Jef Mallett's comic strip 'Frazz' — In Jef Mallett's comic strip *Frazz* (publ. April 14), an enlightened janitor and a sharp-tongued student debate the "proper" pronunciation of *sauna*.
(Image source: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003043.html.)

My name is pronounced as "thuh"-shaar, NOT "two"-shaar (or, "too"-shaar)!! (There's only one of me, I think!)
Tushaar is pronounced as "Thuh-shaar," and Gangavarapu as "Gun-ga-vah-ra-pu":

Thuh-shaar

Thuh: like the "th" in "thin"—softer—followed by "uh" in "cup"; not like "two" or "too," and
shaar: rhymes with "shar" in "shark," but stretch the "aa" just a touch (and drop the "k").

Gun-ga-vah-ra-pu

Gun: like ... a gun,
ga: like "guh" in "gutter," minus the "tter,"
vah: like the "vuh" in "vulture,"
ra: like "ruh" in "runner," minus the "n," and
pu: like the "pu" in "put," minus the "t."

For the curious (or brave), here's an audio clip of "Tushaar Gangavarapu" pronounced three times in the "Italian/Giorgio" voice from ttsmp3.com:

On a completely (un)related note: how many quotation marks is too many?

[Dinosaur Comics] A "comic" about using quotation marks on "everything" — Dinosaur Comics (publ. Dec 13, 2011): A "comic" about using quotation marks on "everything."
(Image source: https://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2103.)

Oh well, I guess I can "live" with it.

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