adrianstephens wrote: ↑August 27th, 2021, 9:52 am
May I play Michonnet?
For what it's worth (and that's very little) regarding pronunciations, I would have pronounced Quinault ('ka-no) as in Quinze ('kanz)
But I'll stick to the guide.
Unless it is the Indian tribe from Washington State who pronounce it just as it is writen: Qwi-nalt with the accent on the second syllable.
Wayne
Wayne We never really grow up, we just learn how to act in public.
adrianstephens wrote: ↑August 27th, 2021, 9:52 am
May I play Michonnet?
For what it's worth (and that's very little) regarding pronunciations, I would have pronounced Quinault ('ka-no) as in Quinze ('kanz)
But I'll stick to the guide.
Unless it is the Indian tribe from Washington State who pronounce it just as it is writen: Qwi-nalt with the accent on the second syllable.
Wayne
Darlings -- My last formal instruction in French took place during the Ford administration. Memory has fades a bit more with each passing moment....
I truly do not know and the Internet is not providing a definitive answer. Each of you may follow your personal convictions on the proper pronunciation of Monsieur Quinault's surname and we will simply weather the chaos...
And my French training goes back to the......Oh, wait, I haven't had any. The closest I have had is my Daughter was a Foreign Exchange Student in France 30 years ago.
Wayne We never really grow up, we just learn how to act in public.
It seemed to end very suddenly.
I read it in an accent that I learned from the very excellent UK educational program "'Allo, 'allo".
You win the prize for quickest to turn in your lines!
Yes, the end does seem very abrupt...especially compared to the opera version where exactly the same thing happens but they drag it out for a half an hour more...
Ah, "Allo, 'allo"... Well, we can't ask for anything more authentic than that, can we?