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

[Rolf-Werner Eilert <rwe-sse@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Am 10.09.24 um 17:25 schrieb Benoît Minisini:
> 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.

For the second part of your name, Benoit, I don't really speak it like a 
single "wa" but with a little loop in between, like stressing the "o": 
Benn-o-wa. Is that correct?

Regards
Rolf