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Re: Pronunciation of "Marcq Saint-Hilaire"
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2006 Feb 2, 13:09 -0500
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 Eremenkowrote: > 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 > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > JPP > > Bring words and photos together (easily) with > PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail.