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HelpRe: Berenice?
in reply to a message by erb816
I've always pronounced it beh-reh-NEES, like Bérénice Bejo. Another Bérénice, Bérénice Marlohe, is going to be the next Bond girl (her character is named Sévérine...swoooon!).
Ber-ə-NIE-see is new to me too. It's not an intuitive English pronunciation, and I don't know that you'd run into it all that often, but I also don't think people would assume bər-NEES as regularly as you'd like either. That middle E seems to beg to be pronounced differently than Bernice.
Ber-ə-NIE-see is new to me too. It's not an intuitive English pronunciation, and I don't know that you'd run into it all that often, but I also don't think people would assume bər-NEES as regularly as you'd like either. That middle E seems to beg to be pronounced differently than Bernice.
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I thought it was weird when
this site said that Candace can be pronounce kan-DAY-cee in English. I wonder whether these pronunciations are legit, never heard them.
this site said that Candace can be pronounce kan-DAY-cee in English. I wonder whether these pronunciations are legit, never heard them.
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Kan-DAY-see? Yikes.
I've never heard of that one, either, though I have heard of Dacey as a potential nickname. I wonder if kan-DAY-see could be a pronunciation that has just fallen out of use, like AN-ess for Agnes or ma-RY-uh for Maria.
I've never heard of that one, either, though I have heard of Dacey as a potential nickname. I wonder if kan-DAY-see could be a pronunciation that has just fallen out of use, like AN-ess for Agnes or ma-RY-uh for Maria.
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