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How do you pronounce 'Manon'?
I would love a completely definitive pronunciation of the name ‘Manon’ as it would be pronounced in France.
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I'm not sure how to transcribe it, but the -on sound is a nasal one where the n isn't entirely pronounced (but not omitted either). Don't know if that makes sense as an explaination. The a is an open a sound like "hat" and the stress is on the last syllable, as always in French.
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I write it about "Meh-noh"It's spoken at about 30 seconds here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztx2qIGAMHM&feature=fvw

This message was edited 3/10/2010, 12:44 PM

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Here you have Manon pronounced by native French speakers. The first pronunciation is better (and clearer):http://www.forvo.com/word/manon#fr
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