Message: "Pronunciation" - Behind the Name

Pronunciation

by Akis (pudu)

7/24/2007, 9:52 AM

I really can't say how it's pronounced. The ancestor who bore it was an Alsatian and probably spoke French. My inclination is to pronounce it KLEE-off or KLAY-off or something in between, and it sounds nicer and more natural to me with stress on the first syllable.

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Cleophe · Akis · 7/24/2007, 8:50 AM

•Re: Cleophe · mollyann · 7/24/2007, 11:44 AM

•Re: Cleophe · Array · 7/24/2007, 9:34 AM

•Pronunciation · Akis · 7/24/2007, 9:52 AM

•Re: Pronunciation · Vraiment · 7/24/2007, 5:21 PM

•Re: Pronunciation · penguiny7 · 7/24/2007, 10:00 AM

•That's my assumption, too (nt) · Isla · 7/24/2007, 2:33 PM

•Re: Pronunciation · Tuesday · 7/24/2007, 10:08 AM

•Re: Cleophe · YMPvt · 7/24/2007, 9:27 AM

•Re: Cleophe · Amanda · 7/24/2007, 8:55 AM

•I agree nt · Egyptian Princess · 7/24/2007, 4:59 PM

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