tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post31194997113852533..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: La cathédrale de ReimsKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-58603468376904455722011-06-21T16:54:00.256+02:002011-06-21T16:54:00.256+02:00Dean, I agree. Just look at this list of city name...Dean, I agree. Just look at this list of city names starting with R:<br /><br />Rouen<br />Royan<br />Roanne<br />Rennes<br />Reims<br /><br />I think I forgot one, but never mind. As far as pronouncing the names in English goes, that's up to us English speakers. But when you are trying to communicate with French speakers, even in English, if you don't say the name approximately as it is said in French, you won't be understood.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-60474372871937026812011-06-21T16:46:35.592+02:002011-06-21T16:46:35.592+02:00Ken,
Nice photos, once again.
When speaking to fe...Ken,<br />Nice photos, once again.<br /><br />When speaking to fellow anglophones, I think it sounds pretentious to pronounce the names of French cities as the French do, e.g. saying "Pa-ree" vs "Par-is".<br />However, my anglicizing of the names of other cities in France leads to confusion. When I talk about my stay in Rennes, people always mention the delicious Champagne wine produced there (Reims)...and after my visit to Caen, my friends all asked if I'd seen any stars at the film festival (Cannes).<br />I usually just do an awful, full-on American butcher job of the city's name and they all get it.Dean Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03317311364315454284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-54890652104248786112011-06-21T00:35:43.367+02:002011-06-21T00:35:43.367+02:00Beautiful stained glass. And I love the down to e...Beautiful stained glass. And I love the down to earth smiling angel.Cindynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-35857193772896985752011-06-20T21:53:46.618+02:002011-06-20T21:53:46.618+02:00I suppose you could say Reims in French rhymes wit...I suppose you could say Reims in French rhymes with "dance" in English....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-66275737576512160602011-06-20T21:30:25.093+02:002011-06-20T21:30:25.093+02:00Judy, of course.Judy, of course.ckbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667570157826940501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-46405992996938986932011-06-20T21:24:16.791+02:002011-06-20T21:24:16.791+02:00You can get close by saying "rems". It&...You can get close by saying "rems". It's not exact, but you'd probably be better understood than if you said "rheems".Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-69235287165192802732011-06-20T19:29:08.383+02:002011-06-20T19:29:08.383+02:00Ken... that angel looks rather smug!!
But the stai...Ken... that angel looks rather smug!!<br />But the stained glass... ancient and modern... is superb.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-22038233215870818152011-06-20T18:55:28.983+02:002011-06-20T18:55:28.983+02:00I visited this cathedral on the way to the Mumm ch...I visited this cathedral on the way to the Mumm champagne caves. I loved it. As I recall, Marc Chagall did some of the modern stained glass windows.<br /><br />MargaretMargarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17672462879258564321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-68535128882996620272011-06-20T17:52:42.055+02:002011-06-20T17:52:42.055+02:00Oooooooh, such beautiful photos :) Ken, I'm go...Oooooooh, such beautiful photos :) Ken, I'm going to put a link on my Cathedrals web page, if that's okay with you?<br /><br />Krisi, thanks so much for that Forvo.com website! <br /><br />JudySeine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-77739274711030511422011-06-20T16:21:15.499+02:002011-06-20T16:21:15.499+02:00We are going to Reims and Epernay next summer when...We are going to Reims and Epernay next summer when we are in France, thanks for the heads up. I heard someone say that the best way for Americans to pronounce it is just "Rams". They said we would never get any closer. :)Jessi @ Life: The Epic Journeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17257904942790415392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-82957187505330661642011-06-20T15:58:18.334+02:002011-06-20T15:58:18.334+02:00Thanks, Kristi. I had found that forvo.com site be...Thanks, Kristi. I had found that forvo.com site before but couldn't find it this morning. That's the best way to get the pronunciation.<br /><br />Here's the link: <a href="http://www.forvo.com/word/reims/" rel="nofollow">forvo.com pronunciations</a>.ckbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667570157826940501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-19267728393957957622011-06-20T13:40:42.378+02:002011-06-20T13:40:42.378+02:00Lovely photographs. One of my new discoveries is t...Lovely photographs. One of my new discoveries is that I can google "pronounce Rheims" or almost any other word and hear a native speaker say it. Or even two or three different native speakers. This is not just for French and I think it is amazing and wonderful that this is possible.<br /><br />For example:http://www.forvo.com/word/reims/Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-10000733763893283452011-06-20T11:18:31.003+02:002011-06-20T11:18:31.003+02:00Thinking about the pronunciation. It's kind of...Thinking about the pronunciation. It's kind of like "rants" but without the T. And of course the French R as much as you can.<br /><br />By the way, we are planning a trip to Epernay and Reims for October.ckbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667570157826940501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-60488084539526896112011-06-20T09:28:00.944+02:002011-06-20T09:28:00.944+02:00The correct pronunciation of "Reims" has...The correct pronunciation of "Reims" has us flummoxed every time. Try as we might, we always feel like idiots every time we say it. Thanks for the tip !!<br /><br />We have spent many a happy time in Reims, a lovely city.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.com