Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Ian Hutchesson" <mc2499 AT mclink.it>]

You never know, perhaps someone out there pronounces "ouest" /uest/, but I've 
never heard it!


Ian

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But in foreign names transcribed in French "ou" can be a consonant like
English "w". How many syllables are there in Ouagadougou (capital of
Burkina Faso)? It would be different if there was a diaeresis over the
"u", as in the Hebrew grammarian's name Jouon, but how is that name
actually pronounced?

Peter Kirk

> Stephen Carlson wrote:
> >...but the French "Yéhouah"
> >corresponds to "Yehwah", where Fr. "ou" = "w", does it not?
>
> Sorry Stephen, I do not know about Gertoux's proposal more than what
is
> stated in my
> previous message.
> In French, "ou"  is not "w".  It is a single sound like the double oo
in
> the
> English "too".
>
> However, I think that this thread is off.
> Camille