How is Dormeuil pronounced?

[Matt]

umm yah...what that says

 

[Manton]

door-MAY

 

[Matt]

tks Manton. been looking at that word for years and never plucked up the courage to ask the tailor to speak a little slower

 

[Walter]

dor-meuh-y

 

[ernest]

Dorm OEIL (eye in French)

 

[ernest]

dor-meuh-y

Y = like Y (ellow) or Y (oung)

and not as if it was at the end of the word like "misery"

 

[dorian]

Ernest, with an eu sound stressed in there, no?

 

[Carlo]

Suh-weeeeeeeeeeeeeet.... most of the time

 

[Dan G]

While we're at it, how is Isaia pronounced? Is the "ai" like an "a" or an "i"?

 

[ViroBono]

While we're at it, how is Isaia pronounced? Is the "ai" like an "a" or an "i"?

Eyes 'igher, as in: 'My dog's called Isaia' 'Why's that' 'Because one eye's 'igher than the other.'

 

[Stu]

Quote:

(Dan G @ Feb. 19 2005,13:33) While we're at it, how is Isaia pronounced? Is the "ai" like an "a" or an "i"?
Eyes 'igher, as in: 'My dog's called Isaia' Â 'Why's that' 'Because one eye's 'igher than the other.' Â

I think you have to be from Massachusetts or a Kennedy to pronounce it like that.

 

[ernest]

Ernest, with an eu sound stressed in there, no?

There is no stress in French words.

 

[Thracozaag]

While we're at it, how is Isaia pronounced? Is the "ai" like an "a" or an "i"?

Ee-sigh-ee-ah.

koji

 

[dorian]

Ernest, I do not mean a Germanic stress or the like...

Are you saying that Dormeuil is pronounced the same as Dorm-oiel?