Pronounciation
Forum Admin:
Cercle is French for circle. It is pronounced "Sehr-cluh"
Thomas_Hesse:
Quote from: MademoiselleAndrea on June 29, 2012, 02:25:25 PM
Thank you so much! I appreciate the detailed instructions a lot!
Another German surname I was wondering how to pronouce correctly is Rademacher, and also von Blumenthal. Though of course now I do know how to say von!
Rademacher: well the "ch" is hard to explain - there are two ways to pronounce "ch" in German - the smooth and the hard sound. The latter is the one u need here. sounds very much as if someone is choking :) u can listen to it via this translation program if u click on the little loudspeaker button next to "machen" http://www.dict.cc/?s=machen
Ra (british "a") de (sharp like in DEborah) ma (brit.) ch er
Blumenthal: Blu (like the English "blue") men (like "MENtal") thal (like "tall")
MademoiselleAndrea:
Many thanks to both of you... :)
MademoiselleAndrea:
Another pronounciation question...regarding how Irene of Hesse's husband's name, Heinrich, was pronounced by the family, and also Victoria Hesse's husband, Louis. Would it have been Louie or Louis? Thank you!
Forum Admin:
"Heyenrish" (with eye like in English, long I) and Louis, not Louie.
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