How would you pronounce Genevieve?
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How would you pronounce Genevieve?
| Wed, 02-15-2006 - 12:05pm |
How would you pronounce Genevieve?
- zhe-ne-VYEV
- jenna-VYEV
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| Wed, 02-15-2006 - 12:05pm |
it IS pronounced JEN-ah-VEEVE
I wouldn't pronounce it like either of those. I would say...
Jenna-veev (long ee sound).
Your phonetic spellings are confusing to me. Here in the US, it's "JEN-a-veev" and in France it is "zhahn-vee-EV" (zhahn like the French pronounce the male name Jean) and there is actually an accent in there, making it Geneviève. I would use the English pronunciation, myself.
HTH!
~Erin
Yeah, I wouldn't use either of those pronounciations either. I say it Jenna-veev. (It's a name I like a lot, btw. I'd consider using it as a middle name.)
I have never known an English-speaking Genevieve, so I'm inclined to think that the name is said zhan-vi-EV, since that's the only way I've known it to be pronounced.
I assume, of course, that you're not having a little French baby girl. For that reason, there is no other way to say the name than simply JEN-a-veev. That's how it's pronounced in English, no alternatives.
EDIT: Heh... we were typing responses at exactly the same time. Now that I see what you were typing while I was posting this, I agree with you completely :)
Edited 2/15/2006 3:58 pm ET by olivesparks