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Help[Opinions] How do you pronounce Genevieve?
What do you think of the name?
Thanks. :)
Thanks. :)
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I find it needlessly long and frilly. And as for pronouncing it, I don't use French pronunciations in an English context, or indeed English ones in a French context. Only you know your context!
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Jenn - short i - vEEv
I love it
I love it
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Genevieve pronounce ZHE-NEH-VYEV. It's beautiful old name.
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I pronounce it both the English way and the French way in my head. I think the French one is lovely, but the English one doesn't bug me. I love the name though.
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jen-a-veev. I really like it. Too bad it's Grant's ex's name.
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I'm Swedish, so none of the pronunciations is really natural for me, but I have pronounced it the French way since I first saw it. I only quite recently realized that it's pronounced differently in English... I like it a lot in French, but it's nice in English too.
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I'm inclined to pronounce it the French way Ge-ne-vee-ay-ve, rather than the English one, which I understand is Ge-ne-veev. I prefer the French pron, it's a nice name.
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I love the name!
And I say it Jen-eh-veeev.
Haha, I don't know all the technical ways to show how the letters sound so I just put it the best I could :)
And I say it Jen-eh-veeev.
Haha, I don't know all the technical ways to show how the letters sound so I just put it the best I could :)
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I pronounce it zhe-nə-VYEV but I also spell it Geneviève. Not a fan of the americanized pronunciation.
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I pronounce it the English way because I speak English. People in the US would automatically pronounce it in English. The French pronunciation is lovely, but I think it would seem pretentious to go about making people say it in French.
That said, I think it's a gorgeous name.
That said, I think it's a gorgeous name.
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Well, I obviously love the name.
I pronounce it the English way, and everyone I've ever known with the name (all English speaking) pronounced it this way. I prefer the sound of the English pronunciation over the French one.
You said you live in a bilingual area. In that case I think you need to either a) accept the fact that different people will pronounce it different, depending on their native tongue or b) use it as a MN so it doesn't cause as much trouble. Norah Genevieve is lovely.
ETA: Oh sorry, the bit about the bilingual city was not posted by the OP, but by another poster. So my last paragraph is in response to Lilibet's post.
I pronounce it the English way, and everyone I've ever known with the name (all English speaking) pronounced it this way. I prefer the sound of the English pronunciation over the French one.
You said you live in a bilingual area. In that case I think you need to either a) accept the fact that different people will pronounce it different, depending on their native tongue or b) use it as a MN so it doesn't cause as much trouble. Norah Genevieve is lovely.
ETA: Oh sorry, the bit about the bilingual city was not posted by the OP, but by another poster. So my last paragraph is in response to Lilibet's post.
This message was edited 6/11/2010, 10:02 AM
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I say JEN-eh-veev and I like it.
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Genevieve I'd assume "JEN-uh-veev". If it was spelled Geneviève, I'd say "zhahn-VYEV".
This message was edited 6/11/2010, 9:00 AM
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I use the English pronunciation JEN-e-veev.
I sometimes fancifully consider the French zhawn-VYEV but that's about as far as I ever run with it. I'm somewhat of a francophobe when it comes down to the language; French pronunciation in general tends to be most foreign and inscrutable to me among foreign (European, at least) languages.
I sometimes fancifully consider the French zhawn-VYEV but that's about as far as I ever run with it. I'm somewhat of a francophobe when it comes down to the language; French pronunciation in general tends to be most foreign and inscrutable to me among foreign (European, at least) languages.
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francophobe!
Francophobe! What a fabulous term! I'm stealing it for my own usage... very apt for where I live.
Francophobe! What a fabulous term! I'm stealing it for my own usage... very apt for where I live.
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It's one of my favorite terms.
I offer it with the disclaimer that it's the language itself, not the actual people or people who speak it, that I'm wary of. With a sense of humor, of course. :-)
I offer it with the disclaimer that it's the language itself, not the actual people or people who speak it, that I'm wary of. With a sense of humor, of course. :-)
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Ha ha! Well, thanks for the disclaimer! I live in a bilingual city, so I'll hold my commentary on whether my Francophobia extends to individuals vs language.
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JEN-e-veev.
I know that the French pronunciation is JEN-vee-EV, but I consider that pretentious in an English-speaking country.
I like the name well enough. It's pretty.
I know that the French pronunciation is JEN-vee-EV, but I consider that pretentious in an English-speaking country.
I like the name well enough. It's pretty.
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I say it "Jenna-VEEV", but I also looove the French version, "zhan-VYEV".
I like it, it's a pretty Jennifer-esque name that isn't too wacky or dull. It's a lovely middle-of-the-road surprise.
I like it, it's a pretty Jennifer-esque name that isn't too wacky or dull. It's a lovely middle-of-the-road surprise.
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Well there's a French and an English pronounciation. Being that I am not French I would say Jenna-vive, a French person may say 'jen-vee-ev'. I using the English pronounciation, I love the name.
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