Revisited: Pronunciation -Olympe Maxime

[snazzzybird]

No: HPFGUIDX 53832

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> Back to the pronunciation thread.
> 
> How do YOU pronounce - Olympe Maxime?
> 
> 
> Olympe -
> 
> oh-lim-pee
> oh-limp
> oh-lie-ump
> oh-lie-um-pee
> 
> Maxime -
> 
> macks-eem
> macks-im-ee
> macks-im-ay
> macks-eye-um
> macks-eye-um-ee (or macks-eye-me)
> 
> For me it's always been -
> 
> Oh-lim-pee Macks-eem
> 
> I've always found French pronunciations to be a little odd. How
> 'bourgeoisie' (bore-geo-issy) ever became boo-zhwa-zee, I will never
> understand. But then, that's French.
> 
> Any opinions on Madam Maxime's name?
> 
> bboy_mn

I've always pronounced it "oh-LEEM-puh max-EEM".

--snazzzybird, whose second language is not French