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in reply to a message by Akua Topaz
Ooh! I love Sylvain and Lucien and think they make an awesome sibset. I'm not sure if people would pronounce it like SIL-vayn though. I also like the name Sylvan (SIL-van), which is a name I would actually use IRL in an English-speaking country. It has the accent on the first syllable even though it doesn't have the "ain" sound at the end.
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How do you think English-speakers would be wont to pronounce it? Like Sylvan?
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I live in the northeast US and I would say sil-van not sil-vayne..
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Well, I'd say it more like sil-VAHN because I've heard it in French before. Although honestly if I were just talking in my own accent I'd be more likely to say sil-VAYN. I'd probably still put the accent on the second syllable though... but maybe that isn't how everybody would say it.
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I would say it this way too, with emphasis on the second syllable.
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