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Mili

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Re: French Royal Palaces (except Versailles)
« Reply #30 on: January 23, 2006, 08:42:07 PM »
Hehe where did you think it was?
The committee in charge of the rebuilding of the Tuileries is legitimate and i'd say they're really pushing for its rebuilding, however their site indicates that the project has been at a bit of a standstill for the past year or so, so i take it they're having trouble with donations (the French Gvmnt won't pay a dime for the project). However i will stay positive in the hope of seeing the magnificent palace one day before i die.  :)

elena_maria_vidal

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« Reply #31 on: January 23, 2006, 09:00:45 PM »
I thought it was closer to the Louvre.

Mili

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« Reply #32 on: January 23, 2006, 09:21:09 PM »
Did Napoleon III actually reside in the apartments that are on public display in the louvre? I just can't seem to believe that next to the tuileries, st. cloud, versailles etc that he chose the louvre.

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elena_maria_vidal

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Re: French Royal Palaces (except Versailles)
« Reply #33 on: January 23, 2006, 09:39:51 PM »
I don't know, Mili. I never heard that he lived in the Louvre. Maybe he just slept there. Oh, well, one of our resident experts will surely know.

Is there a picture of Eugenie's bed?

Mili

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« Reply #34 on: January 23, 2006, 09:47:41 PM »
Im guessing its a photo of their marital bed, but im sure you'd agree the background looks a bit too suss to be authentic.
By the by, how do you pronounce Eugenie?

elena_maria_vidal

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Re: French Royal Palaces (except Versailles)
« Reply #35 on: January 23, 2006, 10:01:45 PM »
I think they each had their own bedroom; most royal couples did.


Mili

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« Reply #36 on: January 23, 2006, 10:06:33 PM »
Yep, but to my recollection that was the only one on display. Feel free to correct me...

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« Reply #37 on: January 24, 2006, 01:05:48 AM »
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Hehe where did you think it was?
The committee in charge of the rebuilding of the Tuileries is legitimate and i'd say they're really pushing for its rebuilding, however their site indicates that the project has been at a bit of a standstill for the past year or so, so i take it they're having trouble with donations (the French Gvmnt won't pay a dime for the project). However i will stay positive in the hope of seeing the magnificent palace one day before i die.  :)


I admire your positive outlook!  :D

Mili

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Re: French Royal Palaces (except Versailles)
« Reply #38 on: January 24, 2006, 02:46:10 AM »
Hope springs eternal ...  :)

elena_maria_vidal

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« Reply #39 on: January 24, 2006, 10:14:06 AM »
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By the by, how do you pronounce Eugenie?


It depends on with whom I am speaking (if I use the true French pronunciation, most of the people where I live would have no idea about whom I am speaking), but please don't ask me to spell it out phonetically. How do you pronounce it?

Mili

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Re: French Royal Palaces (except Versailles)
« Reply #40 on: January 24, 2006, 07:33:31 PM »
I say it in the german way rather than what i imagine the english way would sound like.
"Oy-g'n-ee" is how i think of it (the g is like that in 'goat' rather than the 'dg' sound in 'bridge')
Hahah i can imagine how wrong that would sound to non-german speaking folk, it'd be so different to the french!!

elena_maria_vidal

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« Reply #41 on: January 24, 2006, 08:16:54 PM »
Well, Mili, how you pronounce it sounds more authentic and closer to the French than how most Americans would say it. Of course, most people in the town where I live do not even know who Eugenie was.... ::)

bell_the_cat

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« Reply #42 on: January 25, 2006, 01:30:19 AM »
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I say it in the german way rather than what i imagine the english way would sound like.
"Oy-g'n-ee" is how i think of it (the g is like that in 'goat' rather than the 'dg' sound in 'bridge')
Hahah i can imagine how wrong that would sound to non-german speaking folk, it'd be so different to the french!!


Try "Err...shay...nee" for the french version!

That's Err (as if you are hesitating), Shay (like say with a sh), nee (as in "knee").
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elena_maria_vidal

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« Reply #43 on: January 25, 2006, 08:43:09 AM »
Sounds good to me.

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Re: French Royal Palaces (except Versailles)
« Reply #44 on: January 25, 2006, 02:09:42 PM »
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Did Napoleon III actually reside in the apartments that are on public display in the louvre? I just can't seem to believe that next to the tuileries, st. cloud, versailles etc that he chose the louvre. Also if he did reside in these apartments, i find it hard to believe that the wall in the following picture is authentic http://www.slowtrips.com/photo/data/3401/P1010020.JPG
??? ???. Just doesnt seem right to me.
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That is not Napoleon III's bed. He used to live on the ground floor of Les Tuileries, which as you all know are destroyed.