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For Someone More Worldly Than I

Jul 27, 2007 16:46

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!

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bribitribbit July 27 2007, 20:53:51 UTC

Vick-TWAH, I believe. (Though I took Spanish all through high school, too.)

abusing_sarcasm July 27 2007, 21:27:09 UTC

Thanks!

brightly_woven July 27 2007, 23:22:17 UTC

It would have a soft french r on the end, I believe, because there is an "e" after it. IIRC from HS French.

raynala July 27 2007, 20:54:51 UTC

I pronounce it somewhat like "vick-TWAr." Emphasis on the TWA, with a tiny soft r at the end.

abusing_sarcasm July 27 2007, 21:27:22 UTC

Thanks!

aishuu July 28 2007, 01:32:28 UTC

Looks right to me.

morbidmoony July 28 2007, 00:38:24 UTC

Yeah, I took French for two years and the name still confuses me. XD; But, I agree with raynala above. A very, very subtle "r" on the end.

littleroo27 July 28 2007, 07:11:06 UTC

oh, bless you for asking this. I've been trying everything from vick-tor, vick-tor-ee, vick-toe-ear (my favorite, by far), and vick-toe-ear-ee

Yikes!