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It is Go-dahr,
Row-may, Shuh-browl (like bowl), Ree-vet, Rey-nay, Varda, Dem-ee
really, Varda?
also first names, please.
ay-Reek Row-may
Clode Shuh-browl
Jacques (you must know, long j) Ree-vet and Dem-ee
Ahg-ness Varda
So French “Eric” is pronounced the same way as English “Eric” ? Right?
(Sorry If it was a stupid question)
no
like i spelled it, AY-REEK, long “e” and long “i”
in english it sounds like air-rick
Thank you very much! :)
I like this thread very much.
This is the worst thread ever.
This is the dumbest thread ever.
I think Rivette has a short “i” like River. And ette like roulette.
I also say Sha-BROWL for Chabrol.
Also, I’ve always said Roe-MARE, pronouncing the R, because with the “er” sound in French the r is not silent. As in “La Mer” = the sea.
And Resnais is REN-nay.
And Fran-swah True-fo.
And CAT-tereen BRAY-yah.
Why? Not everyone speaks French… and I know that if I didn’t know how to pronounce them I would try my hardest to find out how to avoid sounding completely ridiculous to any informed person you may want to discuss such names with. It’s perfectly logical.
I would also like to correct Erick and User de Faux-Fuyants by saying that absolutely no thread could possibly be more stupid than the ‘change the name of a fabulous movie to make it sound like a porno’ thread.
This thread > Erick Stoll & User de Faux-Fuyants
God forbid someone not know how to pronounce one of these god damned names.
I pronounce Rohmer like Justin. I think he’s right.
How do you say Ratanaruang? Ra-tanna-rang?
this reminds of the time i was invited to a little french cheese & wine spot, and i was told to order anything i want. so i ordered a tuna sandwich, and i was eating the tuna sandwich, and all over the tuna sandwich were these peas, that were really dark, textured like golf balls, and were salty-as-hell. i said, “what’s up with these peas, they are salty as hell!” Someone said, “ralph, that’s caviar.” i was not impressed. im out.
lol
it’s pronounced eric rohmer. that isn’t his real name, it’s an homage to erich von stroheim and sax rohmer. it’s just eric row-mer. also, godard isnt go-dahr, it’s guh-dard.
So is Alain Resnais pronounced ALAN Ren-nay?
its more like alon, you can hear it at the beginning of this interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTg_knL4cks
@Erick Stoll / User de Faux-Fuyants
Was it a dumb/worst thread?
I’m so SORRY (pronounce “Sor-ri-aey-yie”)
@ Fake Shemp
Ratanaruang = Rat-ta-na + ruang (รัตนเรือง)
Ask me about Thai names (e.g. Apichatpong Weerasethakul) :)
LOL
OOPYMAN is half-correct.
Rohmer’s real name is Maurice Scherer (mah-REESE Shear). He did make his name as an homage to Erik von Stroheim and Sax Rohmer, so it is pronounced (AIR-rik ROAM-er).
Godard is as Rich Uncle Skeleton says, with the second ‘d’ silent.
How do you pronounce L’age d’or?
‘age’ like in ‘garage’ only with a softer ‘g’ sound (and the L in front)… and d’or literally sounds like ‘door’ pretty much only with a more french sounding R which I am going to deem impossible to teach someone how to pronounce via internet.
L’age d’or
lahzh duh-OOR
How about Noe?
No?
No-ee?
No-ay?
I’ve heard all three.
“guh” “dahr”
but really fast and slurred together
How do you pronounce Apichatpong Weerasethakul?
Josh… I would assume No-ay because of the accent mark over the e.
gutache, is it (goo-tashe) or gut ache (ake as in cake)?
The masculine name, Jean. Not zhaann, but zhaa (as in awe)?
The feminine name, Jeanne. Not like the English Jean, but Zhann (as in Cannes)?
yes? no?
Oh. Duh. I suppose I should have checked his IMDb page before I made myself look like an idiot.
maxwellsilver
Hello all French speaker.
Go-dard? Go-dar?
and also
Éric Rohmer, Claude Chabrol, Jacques Rivette, Alain Resnais, Agnès Varda, Jacques Demy.
And if you guys can teach me the basic of French pronunciation that would be great….
Thank you.