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Help[Opinions] Re: Wdyt: French feminine combined names
in reply to a message by Miranda
Sophie-Luce (so-FEE LOOS): nms... Luce is not "loos" but with a French "u"...
Luce-Sophie: nmsaa. I don't think it would be used in France because of the two "s" sounds (doesn't flow).
Marie-Jeanne (ma-REE ZHAN): classic
Eve-Renée (EV re-NAY) - original. Renée is ruh-neh ("eh" like "men").
Lucie-Mariette (loo-SEE ma-ree-ET): Lucie is also with French "u". mariette is mar-yet. Cute combo.
Louise-Adélaïde (loo-EEZ a-day-LAYD). Adélaïde is a-deh-lah-id. Elegant.
Sophie-Henriette (awn-ree-ET): classic.
Catherine-Marie (ka-TREEN): clasic
Marie-Catherine: common
Marie-Isabelle: nice
Eve-Désirée (day-sir-AY) & Eve-Desirée (dez-ir-AY): Desirée and Désirée aren't two different names. The real spelling is Désirée and the prn. is deh-zi-reh.
Marie-Yvette: nms
Julie-Danielle (zhoo-LEE): Julie = French "u". Nice and original combo.
Luce-Sophie: nmsaa. I don't think it would be used in France because of the two "s" sounds (doesn't flow).
Marie-Jeanne (ma-REE ZHAN): classic
Eve-Renée (EV re-NAY) - original. Renée is ruh-neh ("eh" like "men").
Lucie-Mariette (loo-SEE ma-ree-ET): Lucie is also with French "u". mariette is mar-yet. Cute combo.
Louise-Adélaïde (loo-EEZ a-day-LAYD). Adélaïde is a-deh-lah-id. Elegant.
Sophie-Henriette (awn-ree-ET): classic.
Catherine-Marie (ka-TREEN): clasic
Marie-Catherine: common
Marie-Isabelle: nice
Eve-Désirée (day-sir-AY) & Eve-Desirée (dez-ir-AY): Desirée and Désirée aren't two different names. The real spelling is Désirée and the prn. is deh-zi-reh.
Marie-Yvette: nms
Julie-Danielle (zhoo-LEE): Julie = French "u". Nice and original combo.
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Well, how do you say the French U?
I got all the pronunciations from BtN. Perhaps you should correct Mike. I'm sure the Western Canadian and the authentic French accents are very different though.
Desirée is very common in NA, and is pronounced the way I stated. It's far more common than Désirée (also pronounced the way I stated); in fact I'd never heard of Désirée until I discovered BtN--all my baby name books have only Desirée. If that makes you wince, consider the somewhat common butchering of Desirae.
Also, here we universally pronounce Renée re-NAY ("re" may also be spelled "reh", I suppose). That's just our accent.
Miranda
I got all the pronunciations from BtN. Perhaps you should correct Mike. I'm sure the Western Canadian and the authentic French accents are very different though.
Desirée is very common in NA, and is pronounced the way I stated. It's far more common than Désirée (also pronounced the way I stated); in fact I'd never heard of Désirée until I discovered BtN--all my baby name books have only Desirée. If that makes you wince, consider the somewhat common butchering of Desirae.
Also, here we universally pronounce Renée re-NAY ("re" may also be spelled "reh", I suppose). That's just our accent.
Miranda
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Desirae lol I didn't know this one...
Well I don't know about how Canadians prononce these names, but since you said "French" I gave you the French prononciation...
The French "u" is not used in English and isn't in the prononciation guide... It's like in "Victor HUgo", "dU pain"... "u" is not "oo" or "uh" in French, never. To make "oo" you need "ou", and to make "uh" you need "eu".
Well I don't know about how Canadians prononce these names, but since you said "French" I gave you the French prononciation...
The French "u" is not used in English and isn't in the prononciation guide... It's like in "Victor HUgo", "dU pain"... "u" is not "oo" or "uh" in French, never. To make "oo" you need "ou", and to make "uh" you need "eu".
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