Message: "Re: Ghislaine" - Behind the Name

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[Opinions] Re: Ghislaine

by mafiosa

6/14/2009, 11:01 AM

in reply to a message by Dragon_Clarinet

I love it, but not pronounced like that. I like it the French way gees-LEN (that's as close as I can get). It reminds me of the only person with that name I know. A very pretty, black-haired, slightly bitchy girl.

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- namebug

6/14/2009, 12:44 PM

I like this name as well, but it's really nms. I also know someone with this name, and she is also French-Canadian, her name is Ghysaline, not Ghislaine (she pronounces it different too, almost like gees-selene)

- Dragon_Clarinet +3

6/14/2009, 11:04 AM

Well, in French I thought a g was zh sound, isn't it?

- Shaymin

6/14/2009, 2:59 PM

Not when its followed by an H.

- mafiosa +1

6/14/2009, 11:10 AM

But not paired with an H. To get the ZH sound, it would have to be Gislaine. That's my understanding of it, anyway. And the Ghislaine I know pronounces it with a hard G and she is French.

This message was edited 6/14/2009, 11:10 AM

- Mackadal

6/14/2009, 3:53 PM

Well my cousin Ghislain pronounces his name with a zh sound.

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