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teacake
How do you pronounce the french girl's name "Floriane"?

There seems to be a lot of younger women in google images with the name so am I safe to assume this name is not old fashioned in a bad way like Mavis or Doris would be in an english speaking country?
CarnalVenom
QUOTE (teacake @ Jun 28 2006, 04:19 AM) *
How do you pronounce the french girl's name "Floriane"?

There seems to be a lot of younger women in google images with the name so am I safe to assume this name is not old fashioned in a bad way like Mavis or Doris would be in an english speaking country?


Definitely not old fashioned. :)

FLO - REE - ANN.
teacake
QUOTE (CarnalVenom @ Jun 28 2006, 09:09 PM) *
Definitely not old fashioned. :)

FLO - REE - ANN.


Which syllable has the emphasis?

And it's ANN as in FAN?

Thanks for your answer!
rasputin
it's kinda like:



floh--hree--AHN'



That French "r" is gargled at the back of the throat, almost as though you were trying to dislodge a stubborn popcorn kernel from the back of your throat, ha-ha.

Depending on where in France you lived and how old you were and the context of the word in a sentence, you might add a subtle schwa (indefinite "uh" sound) to the end of this name, as:

floh-hree-AHN'-uh
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