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    Re: Pronunciation of "Marcq Saint-Hilaire"
    From: Fred Hebard
    Date: 2006 Feb 2, 13:09 -0500

    I thought there would be a "t" in there.  Also, might the last
    syllable be "lair", combining the "l" and "air?"
    
    Fred Hebard
    
    On Feb 2, 2006, at 12:58 PM, jean-philippe planas wrote:
    
    > It sounds this way:
    >
    > "mark sen't-ee-l-air"
    >
    > JPP
    >
    >
    > Alexandre E Eremenko  wrote:
    > With my modest background in French
    > (and some daily experience with English:-)
    > I would say
    > "sen-ee-l-air"
    > Alex.
    >
    > On Thu, 2 Feb 2006, Jeff Schroeder wrote:
    >
    > > With the intellectual and international credentials of this group,
    > > would someone please try to convey in print the correct
    > > pronunciation of the name of our our favorite French guy Marcq
    > > Saint-Hilaire? Or is it Ste. Hilaire?
    > >
    > > I must speak about his "method" and realized I can't do justice
    > to the
    > > man's name, having only seen it and never heard it.
    > >
    > > Is it something like
    > >
    > &! gt; mark soh(n) ee-LAIR ?
    > >
    > >
    > > Thanks,
    > > -Jeff Schroeder
    > >
    > >
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    > JPP
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