English/Tour De France

English/Tour De France
Message de misterp posté le 09-07-2013 à 18:21:34 (S | E | F)
Hello

does anybody know how the name of the English champion "C Froome" is pronounced in English ?
I have seen him in The Tour de France. French speakers don't pronounce his name well, I think.
I suppose it is simple
FR
+ "OO" as the "U" of "truly"
+ ME as the "E" of "me" ?
Is it correct ?
Thank you
Pascal

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Modifié par lucile83 le 09-07-2013 19:17

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Réponse: English/Tour De France de bluestar, postée le 09-07-2013 à 18:57:23 (S | E)
Hello..

Pronounce it to rhyme with "room" - the "e" is silent..

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Réponse: English/Tour De France de hinot49, postée le 09-07-2013 à 21:35:44 (S | E)
English/Tour de France ,
Good evening Misterp ,
Never mind Froome is going "vroom vroom" : he's the best in the world .
Bye bye

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Réponse: English/Tour De France de misterp, postée le 10-07-2013 à 00:14:56 (S | E)
I see, thank you
So it is Not like for the American actor "Nick NoltE", or for the "NikE" shoes company
One thing which is a bit disappointing with English : it's almost necessary to have an English person beside you (I am exaggerating a bit I know ), he/she has to pronounce the word for a first time, and you have to listen carefully.
It is often the same thing with French I believe
But not with Spanish language for example. In Spanish it easy to read and pronounce correctly. Ditto with Italian I believe
One of my main discoveries in language learning : language is at first sounds and only sounds.
We have learnt in that way when we were babies with our parents.
It is They are not written words. And once this is well understood it is good to also try to associate the written words with the real sounds of the words, at the same time.
(don't hesitate to correct what I have written above if you want. of you have found faults !)

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Modifié par misterp le 10-07-2013 00:21

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Modifié par lucile83 le 10-07-2013 08:08

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Réponse: English/Tour De France de bluestar, postée le 10-07-2013 à 12:58:21 (S | E)
Hello..

I think 'Nike' comes from the Greek and that is why it is sometimes pronounced 'Naikeee', but I have also heard it pronounced to rhyme with bike, like, pike etc. Other words where the final e is sounded also come from Greek, such as 'epitome', 'catastrophe'. Although the final 'e' is usually not sounded in English, it can affect the word's pronounciation : car/care; hop/hope; etc.
It is true that pronounciation in English can be a minefield - cough, tough, bough have different pronouncations of the last four letters, as have bone, gone, done of the last three..On the other hand Anglo learners of French often have difficulty with the pronounciations of 'r' and 'n'

Nick Nolte is of German descent on his father's side and that may account for the 'Noltee' pronounciation - the final 'e' is never silent in German.

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Réponse: English/Tour De France de misterp, postée le 10-07-2013 à 14:23:14 (S | E)
OK, one full information !

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