Anonymous
Post 11/08/2016 09:31     Subject: Re:Names you don't know how to pronounce
Anonymous wrote:Naomi. Is it NAY-oh-me or NIE-oh-me?


nay-OH-me

signed,
Naomi
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2016 07:33     Subject: Names you don't know how to pronounce
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Speaking of G...Which G is a "hard G?"
Get or Giraffe?


Get is hard, giraffe is soft.

The name I struggle with is Lynnea. Baby books say "Lynn Ay Uh" but the one I know is "Lynn A". I like both, but I wouldn't use it unless I was convinced I had the right pronunciation.


Friend in high school was Lynnea. Pronounced Lynn-EE-uh.


Like Linear?
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2016 07:14     Subject: Names you don't know how to pronounce
Anonymous wrote:Aaron.

With an American accent, it sounds like "Erin" so I usually have to depend on context to figure out which it is. Where I'm from we say "Ay-ron"


+1 We say Our-ron (Aaron) and Ear-wrin (Erin) where i'm from. However there isn't much difference for us between Alan and Ellen. I say them the same way!
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2016 07:06     Subject: Names you don't know how to pronounce
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Buoy


Boo-eee


Oh my , I always thought it was " buy-oh"


I pronounce it "boy"
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2016 23:05     Subject: Names you don't know how to pronounce
Anonymous wrote:pho (pronounced fuh)

kefir (I have no idea! kEE-fer or keh-FEER)

Kefir - keh-FEER if you'd like to follow pronunciation of language of origin.
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2016 22:59     Subject: Names you don't know how to pronounce
Anonymous wrote:Asa.

Ahsa?

Aysa?


Aysa.
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2016 20:25     Subject: Names you don't know how to pronounce
Asa.

Ahsa?

Aysa?
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2016 20:24     Subject: Re:Names you don't know how to pronounce
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How about Sur La Table & gene se qua


Sur la table = sir la TA-bleh

gene se qua? you mean Je ne sais quoi? = Zhoo (with the oo like in book) noo (same with the oo like in book) say kwah


Je ne sais quoi is contracted in spoken French to "jeune say quoi" as I think the OP meant as well. It's a common phrase. Kind of like, I dunno. Pronunciation impossible for me to explain. Google it.
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2016 20:23     Subject: Names you don't know how to pronounce
Anonymous wrote:Girl name: Isla

Met a neighborhood mom who wrote down the names of her kids and ages. Isla was one of them.


I-lah: that's how I learned it
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2016 20:22     Subject: Names you don't know how to pronounce
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Charcuterie - I feel so uncivilized try to say it.


Shar-ku-tir-ee


shar-que-tir-ee
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2016 20:19     Subject: Names you don't know how to pronounce
Anonymous wrote:Speaking of Chevy chase, what about chaise lounge. I've heard people say it all French-like. Ha ha. But I say "chase lounge." Is that ok?


Chays long
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2016 20:18     Subject: Re:Names you don't know how to pronounce
Anonymous wrote:cafe latte



Ca (like in cat)- Faye- la tay
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2016 20:15     Subject: Names you don't know how to pronounce
Anonymous wrote:For years I pronounced gnocchi incorrectly.


I say nyucki, or is it nyoe-ki?
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2016 19:50     Subject: Re:Names you don't know how to pronounce
cafe latte
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2016 13:25     Subject: Names you don't know how to pronounce
Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of these would be cleared up if they taught a French class in school. I only learned Spanish which is pronounced for the most part just how it sounds. I don't understand French pronunciation at all.


Oui. Oui, j'étudié le français et j'ai du mal avec la langue espagnole.