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Help[Opinions] Well, how do you say the French U? (m)
in reply to a message by Miss Claire
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
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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