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[Facts] Michele
MICHELE
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Italian form of MICHAEL However, how do you pronounce it? There is a boy in my sister's class whose name is Michele - pron. as Michael - however, I doubt that that is the correct pronounciation, or perhaps it is?
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No...it's mi-KEH-leh ["i" as in "sit"]~ Ivayla A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

This message was edited 6/2/2005, 8:32 PM

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Weird, I have a friend whose brother is Michele, pron. with a tsh...
~~ Claire ~~
My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July
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I think the confusion is between french and Italian. In Italian, c and g followed by palatal vowels (e or i like) is soft (english ch and j like), and the h is introduced when a hard (k and g like) sound is desired in those positions. French rules state ch for a soft sound in all contexts.
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It must be...to appease French ears. I am pretty sure it's with a k-sound:
http://behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=179133&board=gen~ Ivayla A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
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Okay, thank you!
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