Speaking 'properly' & the French

[elady25]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "wyllaya" <wyllaya1 at h...> 
wrote:
> 
>  
> imamommy <imamommy at s...> wrote:
> > > I have a French last name....  It is spelled Champoux, but we 
> > > pronunce it as if it were Champeaux, because otherwise it would 
> > > sound like shampoo.  ...
>  
> > bboyminn:
> > OK, I'll bite, if 'Champoux' is close to 'shampoo' (I would have
> > guessed shampow or shampou) then what does 'Champeaux' sound like?
> > ...or is it 'Champeaux' that sounds like 'Shampoo'?
> 
> 
> If you want to know what ''champeaux'' sounds like in French you 
> begin to say the name '' SHAWN '' but you only say the first 
syllable, don't say the '' N '' and do you know Edgar Allan Poe? 
Well, pronounce 'poe' like in his name. So it's  '' SHAWNPO''.  I'm 
> sorry imamommy, if your husband says it differently.
> 
> "wyllaya"

Pretty close, but we do pronounce the M, so Shawmpo.  I instantly 
weed out all telemarketers who ask for "Mr. or Mrs. Champ-ox."  lol

imamommy