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I have no idea what the "correct original" version would be. I only have this site to go on (http://cafe.rapidus.net/jhuriaux/femmese.html if you are interested) and the name is listed as Emmélise there. I believe the point of the accent is the change the pronunciation. It very well could be wrong in the original French but correct in Quebecois, I have no idea of the linguistic rules of the two variations, but couldn't it be possible that they are slightly different from the original French?

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For me personally the point of keeping the accent would be to signify the middle syllable being pronunced closer the -ay sound than the more typical for English -eh.

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I'm not bothered about Emme not standing apart. Emmélise is plenty different enough, if (hypothetical) Emme was bothered by the commonness of her nn it's only a nn- she can easily drop it in favour of her full name. NN's are not set in stone :)

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Thanks for your input.

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Aussie au pair in Switzerland to my French-Italian girls
Sass (Feb '08), Boof (Jan '10) & Pixie (Dec '11)

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