Les Miserables

[ariel0098]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 2:25pm

There has been feud about this between some friends. Is it pronounced Ley Miz or Ley Mizerab? Ley Mizerab makes more sense to me.

[bwayfan215]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 2:25pm

les miz is a "nickname"

[bjivie2]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 2:26pm

"lay miz" is the nickname. The show is pronounced (phonetically) "lay mizairableh"

[ariel0098]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 2:30pm

Thanks cause people said the actual way to pronounce it was Lay Miz but, I was thinking there's way to many extra letters for the pronunciation (sp?) to be so short.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 3:27pm

It's not lay misreableh, it's lay misrab

[jasonf]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 3:28pm

Is it really? I've always pronounced it Les Miserab, leaving off the last syllable, as I thought it was in the French. It sounds weird to me to say it Miserableh. Which is why I stick to Les Mis, I guess.

[Calvin]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 3:29pm

I used to have a teacher in high school who pronounced it Las Mazarab. Seriously. We'd have a hard time keeping from laughing every time she said it.

[JayKid]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 3:32pm

for everyone... http://www.lesmis.com/inspiration/pronounce/

It's Les Miz-eh-rahb... no bleh at the end. Most of you are right.

And there are the rest of the ways to pronounce everything in the whole damn show. You can even listen to it all!!

Anyway, hope that helps you guys... :)

[forget regret <3]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 3:33pm

lol i also believe it is pronounced lay mizerab.

[JayKid]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 3:37pm

Well, there is no guessing anymore because I'm 100% sure it's Miz Eh Rahb...

Cuz that's like the official website or at least one of the biggest les mis websites. I used it back when I wanted to learn to pronounce all the students names, lol.

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 4:51pm

Julie Andrews says "Lay Miserablah." It always angered me because I always thought it was lay miserab

[Sant]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 4:52pm

Actually that 'l' (= L) IS pronounced.

In singular it is MISERABLE, when the last 'e' is silent.

In plural the word is MISERABLES, and 'es' is silent. Or half-silent, 'es' is kind of "swallowed".

LES is pronounced 'leh', s is silent.

So, 'leh miserabl' is pretty much how you pronounce it.

After 12 years of studying French...
Updated On: 8/17/05 at 04:52 PM

[mrcacou]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 5:06pm

Indeed we (frogs) pronounce it somehow between Bleh and Bl. Actually it s more like lay Meesayrabl.