Speaking 'properly' & the French

[MsTattersall]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "elady25" <imamommy at s...> wrote:
> I have a French last name; it came with the man I married.  It is 
> spelled Champoux, but we pronunce it as if it were Champeaux, because 
> otherwise it would sound like shampoo.  My hubby has gone by the 
> nickname of Shampoo before, and to one of his ex-girlfriends father 
> he was known only as "Soapy."
> 
> imamommy

In our city we have a well-known character whose last name is Rheault. 
He gave up a long time ago hoping to hear it pronounced correctly 
anywhere in Texas: is it RE-alt, RALT, ROLT, or what? Now he answers 
only to "Frenchy."
Ms. Tattersall
(BTW, it's ROW, like a boat)