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in reply to a message by Elinor
My sister goes to a French immersion school, but I didn't get that luxury and have never really been exposed to French, aside from Sesame Park (the Canadian version of Sesame Street) and brief snippets of the local French channel. I admit that I basically have no clue how "proper" French is pronounced.
And I still don't quite get how "é" is pronounced in French. Like "eh" in English? So is Aimée like "eh-meh"?
I've been told re-NAY is incorrect for Renée, that it should be re-né. But I've never heard re-né, only re-NAY. It's probably an accent thing common among Western English speakers, since it's hard for many here to not emphasise syllables... I know it is for me, at least (I tried saying eh-meh just now, and it came out eh-MEH for Aimée despite my trying not to).
Miranda
And I still don't quite get how "é" is pronounced in French. Like "eh" in English? So is Aimée like "eh-meh"?
I've been told re-NAY is incorrect for Renée, that it should be re-né. But I've never heard re-né, only re-NAY. It's probably an accent thing common among Western English speakers, since it's hard for many here to not emphasise syllables... I know it is for me, at least (I tried saying eh-meh just now, and it came out eh-MEH for Aimée despite my trying not to).
Miranda
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