Re: Amadee?
in reply to a message by Shellac
More like ah-meh-deh. :)
Not "ay" unless you are faking an English accent ;)
~~ Claire ~~
My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July
Not "ay" unless you are faking an English accent ;)
~~ Claire ~~
My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July
Replies
Well I speak French so I know perfectly well how to pronounce it with accents present. I've heard it spoken in French and it was not ah-meh-deh. If you're trying to pronounce it without the accents then that's a different story.
Mrs Claire is completely right about the sound of the vowel in French (basically, she is a native speaker). The é represents necessarily [e], that is EH in a figurated English pronunciation.
Having lived in France for her entire life....