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HelpRe: Amelie
in reply to a message by Crista
In French it sounds more like AH-meh-LEE, but I'm really bad at explaining pronunciations. The -eh is long, but it doesn't sound like an AY at all either. Just like a really long -eh, you don't open your mouth as much as you would when you say AY. I hope that makes sense. I'd definitely not say ah-MAY-lee.
This might help: http://www.forvo.com/word/am%C3%A9lie/
I'd expect someone in the US to say AH-meh-lee, like Emily just with an AH sound at the beginning.
Do you happen to have a DVD of the movie Amélie at home? You could watch it in French and hear the name pronounced many times. I'd definitely spell it Amélie.
It is very overused in both France and Germany (where I live right now to go to school). So it bores me. Also it means something really unfortunate in Latin. Something to do with disease. It doesn't bother me, but friends who took Latin in school told me they can't understand how anyone would use it.
This might help: http://www.forvo.com/word/am%C3%A9lie/
I'd expect someone in the US to say AH-meh-lee, like Emily just with an AH sound at the beginning.
Do you happen to have a DVD of the movie Amélie at home? You could watch it in French and hear the name pronounced many times. I'd definitely spell it Amélie.
It is very overused in both France and Germany (where I live right now to go to school). So it bores me. Also it means something really unfortunate in Latin. Something to do with disease. It doesn't bother me, but friends who took Latin in school told me they can't understand how anyone would use it.
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