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in reply to a message by Effie
Pascal and Pascale are on my favorites list (as mns).
I pronounce them both pasCAL.
PAScal is more butch sounding to me (I've noticed most masculine names in English are accented on the first syllable, while femme names are the other way more frequently). Until you said this about the British guy, I thought it sounded "too American" to me -- sort of rustic.
Pronouncing it PAScal is an Anglicization, and I have nothing against that. In principle, I always approve of that..
So maybe I'll change my mind. But then I'll still have to pronounce the unit of pressure, pascal (for French scientist Blaise P.), the other way. But kiloPAScal is smoother than kilopasCAL.. Hmmm.
- chazda
I pronounce them both pasCAL.
PAScal is more butch sounding to me (I've noticed most masculine names in English are accented on the first syllable, while femme names are the other way more frequently). Until you said this about the British guy, I thought it sounded "too American" to me -- sort of rustic.
Pronouncing it PAScal is an Anglicization, and I have nothing against that. In principle, I always approve of that..
So maybe I'll change my mind. But then I'll still have to pronounce the unit of pressure, pascal (for French scientist Blaise P.), the other way. But kiloPAScal is smoother than kilopasCAL.. Hmmm.
- chazda
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