Beauxbatons

[catlady_de_los_angeles]

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No: HPFGUIDX C3795
From: catlady_de_los_angeles
Subject: Re: Beauxbatons
Reply To: [Yahoo! #3792] Beauxbatons
Date: 7/11/00 3:28 am  (ET)

> French speakers -- is it Boh-batoh or Boze-batoh? I remember that
'eaux' is sometimes pronounced with a 'z' sound and sometimes it is not,
but I don't remember the rules.

This is closer to Boh than Boze -- the X, which is really an 's', is
pronounced when the next syllable starts with a vowel as in Beaux Arts
(bozart).

> I also don't know how to make a phonetic rendition of the French
'batons' except to put 'batoh' - I know that it ISN'T 'batonz'.

Maybe bah-taww ? The 'on' is pronounced as what I have heard called a
nasalized O. If the next word starts with a vowel, it will get the S
stuck on front of it. La belle de Beauxbatons, ou est-elle? La belle
duh Bohbahtaww, soo ay tell?