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Help[Opinions] Re: Camille
in reply to a message by Felie
I happen to know a family from Paris (living here temporarily) whose daughter is Camille!
We normally say "kə-MEEL" in American English, but Camille's mother says it more like ... ka-MEEY, with the Y very strong, sounding almost like an L, but not like an L. I can tell when she says it that isn't Camie ... The LLE / Y does not quite make another syllable (yə) but it is a more emphatic Y (y as in you) than any English word ending in Y. I hope that is an understandable description!
I like the name but it is hard for me to say Camille without making an L sound!
I guess I think of it as youthful because Camille is ten and she is the only one I've ever met.
- mirfak
We normally say "kə-MEEL" in American English, but Camille's mother says it more like ... ka-MEEY, with the Y very strong, sounding almost like an L, but not like an L. I can tell when she says it that isn't Camie ... The LLE / Y does not quite make another syllable (yə) but it is a more emphatic Y (y as in you) than any English word ending in Y. I hope that is an understandable description!
I like the name but it is hard for me to say Camille without making an L sound!
I guess I think of it as youthful because Camille is ten and she is the only one I've ever met.
- mirfak
This message was edited 2/24/2017, 5:49 PM
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