On 2008-08-10 04:11:41 -0700, IanH <nothanks@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
> On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 09:28:49 -0700, Ronin <notjbroadwell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
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>> Could someone spell phonetically (for US english) the family name
>> "Moueix" of Petrus fame - I'm reading a book and it is driving me
>> nutzoid...
>
> For your interest tbere are NO rules for pronouncing proper names in
> French. . Moueix - like any names ending in -eix are Corrézien in
> origin, (we live there) and we have neighbours called Sireix, Sirieix,
> Siriex etc and so forth.
>
> So how do they pronounce their names?
> Si (short 'i's throughout as in "in".) riay
> Si-ri-ex (as in an ex-wife)
> Siray-ix
>
> etc ad nauseam.
>
> When I met the family as I recall it, they pronounced their name
> moo (as in cow) ix as in the US american "six".
Thanks, Ian... I LOVE little tidbits like that!
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