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Help[Facts] Re: Madeleine
in reply to a message by lala
Actually, Mad-eh-lenn is the French pronunciation:
http://french.about.com/library/media/wavs/Madeleine.wav
ai and ei in French are pronounced 'eh'. The middle e is largely silent - ie. slurred in that wonderful French way so that only a Frenchman can detect it at all. No idea how anyone would get mad-eh-LENN out of Madelyn - I'd think the point of the -lyn bit would be to make the mad-e-LYNN pronunciation crystal clear.
I'm part French, a SIL is Basque French, my cousins are in La Rochelle, Dh's brother works for a Parisian firm and so we all speak French, right down to 1 year old Phoebe (who makes no words at all but thanks to First Fun in French we're sure babbles bilingually LOL))so that's where I hear Mad-e-LENN - from the froggies ;o)
Devon
http://french.about.com/library/media/wavs/Madeleine.wav
ai and ei in French are pronounced 'eh'. The middle e is largely silent - ie. slurred in that wonderful French way so that only a Frenchman can detect it at all. No idea how anyone would get mad-eh-LENN out of Madelyn - I'd think the point of the -lyn bit would be to make the mad-e-LYNN pronunciation crystal clear.
I'm part French, a SIL is Basque French, my cousins are in La Rochelle, Dh's brother works for a Parisian firm and so we all speak French, right down to 1 year old Phoebe (who makes no words at all but thanks to First Fun in French we're sure babbles bilingually LOL))so that's where I hear Mad-e-LENN - from the froggies ;o)
Devon
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