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Re: Flemish names in "Une Fantaisie du Dr. Ox"

From: Garmt de Vries <G.deVries~at~phys.uu.nl>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 09:44:29 +0200 (CEST)
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

Dear Zvi,

> Perhaps you can help me with the following question: How do you
> pronounce the Flemish names in "Une fantaisie du Docteur Ox"?

Do you want the real Flemish/Dutch pronunciation, or the way JV himself
would have pronounced it?

I'll give you the Flemish pronunciation:

> In particular, I wonder about the final E in family names like "Van
> Trikasse" (the mayor's family): Is it mute, or is it accented, i.e.,
> should it be pronounced "tri-KAS" or "tri-ka-SAY"?

Neither. It sounds like the "e" in the English word "given", something
like "tri-KAS-suh". Note that the "a" in "Van" is pronounced as "a" in
"car", and not as "e" in "bed".

I'll send you a complete list of pronunciations in private, it's not so
interesting for all Forum members.

Cheers,
Garmt.
Received on Mon 16 Aug 2004 - 11:17:58 IDT

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