Re: I've only just heard the name Benoit spoken and i had it all wrong :-\

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 10/09/2024 à 16:47, Admin a écrit :
> 10.09.2024 19:58, roberto.premoli@xxxxxxxxxx пишет:
> > Il 08.09.2024 16:59 Bruce Steers ha scritto:
> >
> > > So in my brain ever since i got into gambas the name Benoit in may head
> > > was pronounced like Ben-oyt
> > > I have just watched a new tv series called Nautilus and in it one of the
> > > main characters is a French scientist who they have been calling a name
> > > that sounds like Ben-wa
> > > I'm watching the second to last episode out of 10 and somebody spoke the
> > > name Ben-wa again and the penny finally dropped...
> > > Ben-wa is how the name Benoit is supposed to sound!!
> > > Now my brain has to re-adjust to try to delete this Ben-oyt nonsense :-
> > > :D
> > > Respects
> > > BruceS
> >
> > As italian mother language (i got 2 years of french at school in my 
> > teen age) i pronounce it as follow (ear the attach)
> >
> > Roberto.
>
> Me too. Is that right?

No. :-)

The first "e" must be flat, like in "sir" in english.

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Benoît Minisini.