What's up with the pronunciation guide on wtatour.com? :tape:
If they think that "AHM-i-lee moh-RES-moh" is how a Frenchman would pronounce Amélie's name then... :bolt:
Seriously, can't they use phonetic symbols? Or at least put the stress on the right syllable :o
Come-on-kim
May 17th, 2004, 01:19 PM
It's not AHM-i-lee.. in the middle it's the "i" but it"ll be more like "AHM-ay-lee" (ay like in play) that's how we pronounce it in french.
As for the phonetic, maybe lot of people didn't learn it in school?
Brαm
May 17th, 2004, 01:22 PM
Isn't the stress on the last syllable? :confused:
Ah-mé-LEE Moh-res-MOH
azza
May 17th, 2004, 01:32 PM
Ah-mah-lee -mah-res-moh
SerialKiller#69
May 17th, 2004, 01:35 PM
AHM-mi-li Maw-RES-mo
That's how I pronounce it.:shrug:
fifiricci
May 17th, 2004, 01:36 PM
Thats why they call her Mo-Mo: to make it easy for the non frenchies :p
esquímaux
May 17th, 2004, 01:42 PM
:yawn:
ghosts
May 17th, 2004, 01:45 PM
:yawn:
:lol:
Pamela Shriver
May 17th, 2004, 01:48 PM
What's up with the pronunciation guide on wtatour.com? :tape:
Quite agree! They seem to suggest "PAMELA" is pronounced "STEW-PID GIR-RAFF WOMAN"
~ The Leopard ~
May 17th, 2004, 01:59 PM
I always say:
AM-uh-lee More-EZ-mo.... but I would have thought that her first name should more strictly be pronounced something closer to AM-ay-LEE. :shrug:
pigam
May 17th, 2004, 03:04 PM
AméLIE mauresMO
~ The Leopard ~
May 18th, 2004, 12:16 AM
All that said, presumably Amelie and others get to approve these pronunciations given on their respective pages on the WTA site. Or am I being naive? :scratch:
alwayshingis
May 18th, 2004, 01:05 AM
naive? :scratch:
Yes.
~ The Leopard ~
May 18th, 2004, 01:25 AM
Smile when you say that. :fiery: ;)
Mariangelina
May 18th, 2004, 10:43 AM
It's ah-may-LEE mo-rez-MO, roughly, although I usually end up saying mo-REZ-mo. That, however, isn't really the right way. French words are almost always accented on the last syllable, and the exanct prononciation varies with the regional accent.
But AHM-i-lee/AH-mi-li/AHM-uh-lee/AH-mah-lee are a bit off base. (Nothing wrong with that if you don't know French) At least no one has suggested Emily, or ah-MEL-ie, both of which I have heard people use while trying to say the name of the movie character. I wanted to :smash: them. And people (read, silly anglophones) assume it's a typo of Amelia.