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in reply to a message by Bear
My cousin is Ghislaine, pronounced (more or less) gee LEN. She lives in Paris. I've never heard it pronounced any other way.
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Paris intel. Now we're getting down to cases.
Forgive my confusion, but when you use "gee" in your pronunciation guide, is that a "g" a "j" sound?
Most helpful. Thank you.
Forgive my confusion, but when you use "gee" in your pronunciation guide, is that a "g" a "j" sound?
Most helpful. Thank you.
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It's like the g in gift. Sorry! - it's really hard to explain these things. I should use IPA but I'm too lazy to look it up :)
But it seems there are two different pronunciations of Ghislaine. Apparently over the years the s has become silent in some versions of the name, but not all, so looks like a zhiz-len pronunciation is legit too.
My cousin and I's mutual great-great-grandfather was a Guislain. Now I'm wondering if he pronounced the s!
But it seems there are two different pronunciations of Ghislaine. Apparently over the years the s has become silent in some versions of the name, but not all, so looks like a zhiz-len pronunciation is legit too.
My cousin and I's mutual great-great-grandfather was a Guislain. Now I'm wondering if he pronounced the s!
This message was edited 10/26/2011, 12:45 AM
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