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Jara sang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-18-05 09:47 AM
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How do you pronounce "Aix-en-Provence"?
My years of high school French and several years in college told me that it was "Aa" en-Provence. But somebody is telling me that it is "X" en-Provence. Anybody care to take a swing at this?
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tjdee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-18-05 09:50 AM
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1. Pie.
Or, X on provence. That's the way I've always heard it, but I suspect it could be wrong because all of the people I've heard pronounce it were American and probably aren't the experts.
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-18-05 09:51 AM
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2. Try this
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Jara sang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-18-05 09:57 AM
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4. Blast! I thought it was "Aa"
Thank You!
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-18-05 09:51 AM
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3. The latter nt
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-18-05 10:17 AM
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5. Two simple rules:
French has no consonants, and all the vowels are prnounced "ong."
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bbernardini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-18-05 10:25 AM
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6. Throat Wobbler Mangrove
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