Beth- Well, do you all slaughter the pronunciation or is it just family choice. I don't see them as the same. We have friends named Hebert. One family says "He-Bert" and the other "A-Bear" (cajun). Now in a diff context "He-Bert" is off but in a "mixed" culture it seems that one's name should be pronounced however you pronounce it. :) And look at my last name and you can guess how happy I am with everyone's attempts at it! Plus, my family tree is "French" on one side- the name is, Dumas. My grandfather, a man of immigrant parents from France, never pronounced it "Du-Ma" but always "Du-mas". He was 6'1" and about 250 and all muscle so I wasn't about to correct him! :) Tim _______________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker -----Original Message----- From: beth benoit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat 4/5/2008 12:55 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Perfect French from Canada? Well, at present, I have two students whose name is "Lavoie." Yep, we all slaughter the pronunciation. We say, "LaVOY." My French-speaking background must be blushing. What can I say? Beth Benoit From: Stuart McKelvie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 2:44 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Perfect French from Canada? Story from Quebec A few years ago I ran a road race in Vermont on the other side of the Quebec border. At prize-giving time, the announcer was dumfounded when he presented the race winner, saying (or words to this effect): "This is the first time that our event has been won outright by a woman". Congratulations to "Joan Lavoy". Well, then he looked rather shamefaced when up stepped the lithe but manly figure of Joan Lavoie (Joe-Anne Lavwuh)! Stuart ___________________________________________________________________ Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Phone: (819)822-9600, Extension 2402 Department of Psychology, Fax: (819)822-9661 Bishop's University, 2600 College Street, Sherbrooke, Québec J1M 1Z7, Canada. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bishop's University Psychology Department Web Page: http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy <blocked::http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy> ___________________________________________________________ _____ From: beth benoit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: April 5, 2008 2:37 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Perfect French from Canada? My husband is not Canadian-born. (Massachusetts born and bred.) But he's a "Canuck." (So am I.) A "Canuck" is a "French-Canadian-American." This is often a disparaging description here, though fellow-Canucks can refer to themselves with this title without disparagement.go figure! And he does speak French, though he'd beg to differ that it's "perfect" and I didn't say he spoke it perfectly (nor that he was Canadian-born). Michael, we love ya, but you do tend to skim and pick out "facts" from what appeals to you, methinks. And we get a good laugh out of the BenWAH/BenOYT pronunciations/mispronunciations. Beth Benoit From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 2:28 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Perfect French from Canada? Did Beth say that her Canadian born husband speaks perfect French? Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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