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For Someone More Worldly Than I

Jul 27, 2007 16:47

Could someone help a poor girl who took Spanish all through school and tell me the correct way to pronounce "Victoire?" It's bugging me that I can't say it in my head...

Thanks in advance, francophiles!

question, victoire

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poppysleep July 27 2007, 20:50:01 UTC

Vik-twar.

iko July 27 2007, 21:00:53 UTC

Would the "r" be strongly pronounced? In my head, it varied from being thrown away completely ("Vik-twah") to being really subtle.

neurotica_hello July 27 2007, 21:03:45 UTC

fleur would say it "veek-tuoh", is as close as phonetically possible, i guess.

anyone else would be fine with "vik-twar" as said above and the 'r' being pronounced pretty strongly. as much as in the word, um, word.

;]

abusing_sarcasm July 27 2007, 21:26:47 UTC

Thanks! I can now happily talk to myself aloud! :)

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23years July 27 2007, 23:38:45 UTC

but it's not spanish..?? heh

shanghai_rose July 28 2007, 05:49:58 UTC

^I think she means that because she took Spanish, she doesn't know how to pronounce French properly.

23years July 28 2007, 15:39:51 UTC

ah, I see

9_happyducks July 28 2007, 17:09:05 UTC

My grandmother, who is extremely French (dear god, I wish I could understand her better), pronounced the name as VEEK-twahr.

I've been saying it like that to my friends and they just stare at me because I'm trying to pronounce it RIGHT so I put on an accent for a split second... dear me.

i_like_neon_ice July 28 2007, 20:30:10 UTC

Yeah, what other people said. Though I thought I would mention that the French pronounce their "r"s like an H with a roll, so it's not really silent... but it's not really pronounced... VEEK-twa(hr) is how I would put it. :)