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[Facts] Re: Camille/Lucille

by Mrs Claire (Miss Claire)

4/28/2006, 10:09 AM

Both are pron. cah-mee in French. Lucille can be lu-seel or lu-see.

~~ Claire ~~

My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July

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- Elena +1

4/28/2006, 10:52 AM

Thanks, Claire. It wasn't until recently that I learned how Camille is pronounced in French but I was told the male version was pronounced differently. And I never heard that Lucille can be pronounced two different ways. (I certainly don't remember any of this from high school French class.) I had always assumed that Lucille was a diminutive of Lucie and had a different pronunciation.

It makes sense, though, that Camille and Lucille should be pronounced similarly.

- Silver (guest)

4/28/2006, 6:08 PM

In parisian French it's typical to drop the 'l', but in Quebequois Camille is pronounced [cah-MEAL-'uh].The 'uh is almost silent, but just kind of comes about because of the ending of the l. When I lived in northern Ontario I never met a Lucille, but I would assume it's the same.

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