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Help[Opinions] Re: Changing the pronunciation of names
in reply to a message by Malk
Hm, that's a tough one but I think it really depends on the name. Most of the time I would say go with the original, people will catch hold eventually. Unless of course it sounds ridiculous/its just too hard with someone's accent (having flashbacks to my aunt's mother with the thick southern accent trying to call my call my cousins Lucien and Henri by their French names, *shudders*) Because accents can really make a lot of difference. For example: I am assuming you are American, but yet we say Sarah two different ways (I say SAH-ra, you say SAIR-ah). So I guess I would use the correct pronunciation for the region I was in (aka zson-vee-EV in New England, jen-a-veev in the south, for Genevieve)
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Interesting, I've never heard zson-vee-EV as a pronunciation of Genevieve. That sounds very French! Where I live (the Pacific Northwest) I usually hear something like JZHEN-a-veev.
It would d be interesting to start a thread about differences in regional pronunciation for common names.
It would d be interesting to start a thread about differences in regional pronunciation for common names.
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I thought the French pronounciation of Genevieve way like jhen-uh-vee-ev (4 syllables). I know a French woman with this name and that's how she pronounces it. I've never heard zson-vee-EV either!
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to both Jade Diana and Faelivrin
@ Faelivrin: You're correct, zhon-vee-EV is the French pronunciation.
@ Jade Diana: Hmm, I'm from New England, and I've never heard it pronounced the French way here. We usually say jenna-veev.
@ Faelivrin: You're correct, zhon-vee-EV is the French pronunciation.
@ Jade Diana: Hmm, I'm from New England, and I've never heard it pronounced the French way here. We usually say jenna-veev.
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1. I have trouble typing that sound. Its awkward.
2. I have heard it both ways, I just feel like it would be easier to get away with doing that up here than in the south, except for maybe near New Orleans, because hearing things in French pronounced with a southern accent drives me bonkers. (well, southern accents do in general but that is a whole other can of worms)
2. I have heard it both ways, I just feel like it would be easier to get away with doing that up here than in the south, except for maybe near New Orleans, because hearing things in French pronounced with a southern accent drives me bonkers. (well, southern accents do in general but that is a whole other can of worms)
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