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[schaeffer]

Would you pronounce ambience as

1. am-bee-uhns

or

2. ohm-beyonce

Edit: 2 is the anglicized version of "ahn byahns" without the nasal sounds. The 'm' sound substituting for nasal sounds makes it more pronounceable for anglophones.

Comments

[peqliarity]

the correct pronunciation is the first one.
Only poseurs will pronounce the latter one. :)

[kevinexx]

huh... jialat... ok i posted the other comment first then i saw this... dun confuse me leh!!!!

[schaeffer]

haha refer to Xiaogou's post for the answers! :)

[kevinexx]

yar read liao...

[kevinexx]

2

[schaeffer]

your palette of ATAS pronunciation! lolz

[kevinexx]

no lor .. it's the RIGHT pronunciation

err

[firmboy]

if it was originally a french word, then it's read as per #2.

Re: err

[schaeffer]

Oui, c'est vrai... je pense que c'est l'ambiance.

[d4n13l]

depending on whether i'm feeling frenchy or singaporeany.

[easycoy]

2 lar...

[schaeffer]

lolz.. typical francophonic banker.