I'm thinking it's pretty much like the end of "Montmagny", which is a placename I hear once in a while, so I should be good to go.kri wrote:Planish wrote:Madame de Repentigny - "REHpenTINyee", except the "TIN" is more like "TIHN" or "TEHHN" with the N mostly silent. It's a difficult sound to explain, and difficult for English speakers often to reproduce., "REPPENtinyee", or "rehPENtinyee"?
Thanks for the mp3 file too.
I almost backed out of this one, seeing the lists of names that I had not heard before, but I figure I can simply "say them with authority" and claim that they're pronounced according to an obscure Acadian regional sub-dialect. (Unless the listener is familiar with Acadian French, in which case I'm hosed.
) I can't do worse than your typical Anglo hockey play-by-play announcer.