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ArchivesRe: Guenièvre- how to pronounce? In database. nt
in reply to a message by Dragon_Clarinet
The pronunciation is [geˈnjEvʀ] (more or less gay-NYEVR, with the first syllable pronounced with only the first sound of the group AY).
In French, a GU before E or I represents the sound [g] (as in the English word game), just like G before A, U or O; without the U, G+E or G+I sound [ʒ] (usually represented in English as zh).
In some southern dialects (and in some speakers) at the end of the word it can appear a sound [ǝ], but that is a dialectal pronunciation and not the standard one.
Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com
In French, a GU before E or I represents the sound [g] (as in the English word game), just like G before A, U or O; without the U, G+E or G+I sound [ʒ] (usually represented in English as zh).
In some southern dialects (and in some speakers) at the end of the word it can appear a sound [ǝ], but that is a dialectal pronunciation and not the standard one.
Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com
This message was edited 9/25/2009, 11:28 AM
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