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Help[Opinions] Re: How do you pronounce Genevieve?
in reply to a message by Cristina_es
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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