Pronunciation of "Guy Laroche"..!

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Hi,How we'll pronounce this word "Guy Laroche"?I would be grateful for your help guys.

Dokterjokkebrok · Accepted Answer

Hi,

Look what I found

Anglicized it may sound like the bit I recorded for you, although I'm not completely sure about 'Guy'.

/ga? l?'r.???/

Best wishes,

Keenlearner · Answer

Thanks dokterjokkebrok....your post helped me alot but I am also not sure about how to pronounce "Guy" but the recording was quite same as i was pronouncing"Guy Laroche"

.May be the word "Guy" is correctly pronounced like "gee" where "g" as in "give" and gee rhymes with "Bee".what do you think?bytheway I found the recording more helpful

Dokterjokkebrok · Answer

Well, the thing is that on the one hand I hear Guy pronounced as in, for example, Guy Fawkes – famous for once trying to blow up the British Parliament – like /ga?/. On the other hand, I quite sure I've heard people pronounce the name Guy like /gi:/, too. So, it's a bit dubious.

Maybe a native speaker can help you out here.

Best,

Frostwhite · Answer

Hi!

You may want to check this out.

http://fashion.about.com/cs/designers/l/blpronounce.htm

Anonymous · Answer

"Guy Laroche" is of French origin. So it must be pronounced the French way. One has to pay particular attention to the "r" in "Laroche" as it has a totally different pronunciation in French. I would advise you to get a native French speaker to help you in person.

Dokterjokkebrok · Answer

Anonymous"Guy Laroche" is of French origin. So it must be pronounced the French way. One has to pay particular attention to the "r" in "Laroche" as it has a totally different pronunciation in French. I would advise you to get a native French speaker to help you in person.

I think that's open to discussion. Fact is that native English speakers tend to pronounce foreign names and words using their own set of familiar sounds.

Regards,

Keenlearner · Answer

Hi again,

I totally agree with dokterjokkebrok that native speakers pronounce foreign names and words in their own style and accent,however I feel that the link given by frostwhite and you tube video by djb is more appropriate and its the correct way to pronounce "Guy Laroche".I have also heard guy rhymes with by so that is also ok..I hope you guys agree with me

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Deborah_d · Answer

Definitely rely on the context - we make more effort with some names than others! (I'm a native UK speaker). It typically depends on whether we have difficulty with the sound, and whether we know the authentic pronunciation but we'll usually make an effort, even if it's just to use a conventional way of saying a given foreign name.

For example, with Jean-Paul Gaulthier there's no way we'd say Jean ('jeen' - Jean is a UK woman's name) - it's too different from the proper pronunciation - and most British people know the French name and how it's spelled/pronounced - but we'd have trouble saying it the proper French way. So we'd say something like 'Zhon' (sorry, I don't know phonetic symbols!). But, for example, 'Paul' in French is fairly close to English, so we'd say it in an English way.

In English, keenlearner is totally right, Guy rhymes with 'buy' and 'shy'. It's an English name too. But if the man is French, I think we'd go with 'Gee' (with a hard 'g', not 'Jee'), which is as close as we'd get to the French. That's if the speaker had heard the name. If we just read it on paper, and didn't know if he was French, we may read it as 'Guy' (like 'buy').

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