Re: OT: Another French name pronunciation question
| From: | Remi Villatel <maxilys@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, February 5, 2004, 23:05 |
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Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> Indeed, "Niepce" could be an archaic spelling due to its use as last
> name (in which case I'd expect it to be pronounced [njEs]). But I'd
> still expect it to be written "Niepce" or "Nièpce". The acute accent
> doesn't belong there.
Sorry to prove you wrong... I opened my dictionary and I found:
Niépce (Nicéphore) 1765-1833 French physicist, inventor of the photography.
So it's an acute accent but AFAIK I've never heard his name pronounced an
other way than [njEps]. Unfortunately, the dictionary doesn't provide an IPA
pronounciation.
See ya,
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Remi Villatel
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