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[Surname] Re: Pronunciation of the surname Chardin
by
Marc
(guest)
7/6/2014, 10:21 AM
in reply to
a message by Philidel
They're both wrong since the last syllable doesn't contain the consonant /n/ but the nasal vowel /ɛ̃/ in European French and /ẽ/ in North American French (see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_phonology#Nasal_vowels
).
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Pronunciation of the surname Chardin
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Philidel
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7/5/2014, 9:58 PM
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Re: Pronunciation of the surname Chardin
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Marc
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7/6/2014, 10:21 AM
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Re: Pronunciation of the surname Chardin
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Philidel
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7/6/2014, 11:20 PM