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[Facts] Re: Pronunciation of Charlotte?

by ClaudiaS

5/30/2016, 7:02 AM

in reply to a message by PurpleManners

Charlotte is virtually always pronounced with SH- in English; I can't recall ever hearing it any other way.

If you look up Charlotte in this database, you will see that all the listed pronunciations begin with SH-.

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- PurpleManners +2

5/30/2016, 12:07 PM

Ah my apologies, I meant it the other way around. That was careless of me, I'll edit it.

- ClaudiaS +1

5/30/2016, 8:45 PM

To answer your revised question, if an English-speaker pronounces Charlotte with a hard Ch- as in Charles, that is very much the exception. As I stated, I have never heard this myself.

- Fiammetta (lady murasaki)

5/31/2016, 12:06 AM

Me neither. I'm assuming it's the influence of the French pronounciation, in which both Charles and Charlotte have a Sh- sound.

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