VV(18): Melanie L'Heuremaudit

Samuel Moyer smoyer at satx.rr.com
Sun Jun 10 21:55:00 CDT 2001


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Monroe" <davidmmonroe at hotmail.com>

>
> But it just occured to me that, spoken out loud, "Melanie l'Heuremaudit"
> sounds not unlike "Melody Harmony," esp. if said speaker has sinus
problems
> ...

I really hate to be picky, especially because this is an interesting
observation and true if you Americanize the pronunciation...

But in French it would be pronounced without an h sound sort of like Leur -
Maw - dee.  Sorry to be so anal... Has to be the 95 degree heat.

S




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