Well the rep pronounced it Dee-v-alay, or De-valiaye (which is the one I would go for).Originally Posted by Marco
Do you know how that's actually pronounced, then? Have a go at it phonetically
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Well the rep pronounced it Dee-v-alay, or De-valiaye (which is the one I would go for).Do you know how that's actually pronounced, then? Have a go at it phonetically
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Of course. Can't see how it could be pronounced any other way in any other language. It's a British prerogative to bugger up pronunciations. The 'o' is short, and I'd imagine that only in English can it be pronounced as the long 'o', as in 'oh' (dear). German comes close with the umlaut, but only close.
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Yes, I think your phonetic spelling is better but a instead of o - so ‘Dev ee a lay’Blimey ! That's a new one !(mispronouncers?) DEVIALET is a good one. Is it French, as it sounds it? If so, it's 'DEV ee o lay', surely.
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Where d'you get the "o" sound from ??Blimey ! That's a new one !
If it's French, it would be "Dev-ee-ah-lay".
I've never said it out loud but always read it in my mind as a very Anglo "Dee-vee-ah-let"
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Ok, let's look at the name concerned: 'Devialet'.
'De', in French, would be pronounced as 'Deh', 'via' would be pronounced as 'vyah', and 'let' would be pronounced as 'lay', thus combined phonetically would be: 'Deh-vyah-lay'.
In normal use, it certainly wouldn't be a 'Dee' sound at the beginning, so I suspect you misheard the rep (or wrongly remember how they pronounced it)
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Lol... It's also a British "prerogative" not to be arsed learning a foreign language!Lazy Brits
How many here are fluent in any language other than English (or bullshit)?
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The rep wasn’t French.
This thread seems to have morphed into a somewhat pedantic discussion of phonetic spelling rather than pronouciation. By definition, phonetic spelling is very dependant on the accent (or mother tongue) of the speaker.
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