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Name Pronunciations [HELP!]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 9:48pm

I know that there are a lot of tough names to figure out how to pronounce, just by reading them.

How do you pronounce Barrett Foa's first name?

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Posted: 8/16/06 at 9:54pm

if i'm not mistaken i think it's...

Barrett:

bear-et

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Posted: 8/16/06 at 9:55pm

I didn't know if it would be "bear-et" are "buh-ret". Like a hair clip.

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Posted: 8/16/06 at 10:10pm

I've been pronouncing the A in Barrett like the A in bat.

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Posted: 8/16/06 at 10:14pm

OK, this thread makes me happy. Help (in bold):

Charlotte D'Amboise
Sarah Uriarte Berry
Michael Berresse

(I'm sure I'll think of more)

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Posted: 8/16/06 at 10:17pm

Six pages for your reading pleasure: https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardname=bway&thread=868792

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Posted: 8/16/06 at 10:43pm

So we don't have any other people who think differently on Barrett's pronunciation.

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Posted: 8/16/06 at 10:50pm

The name "Barrett" is of Irish origins; it wouldn't have a French pronunciation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrett

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Posted: 8/16/06 at 11:06pm

Wouldn't Barrett have the upside down "e" or "eh" pronounciation on the vowel of the first syllable rather than the sound in "bear/bare?"

Anyone know how he himself says it?

Updated On: 8/16/06 at 11:06 PM

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Posted: 8/16/06 at 11:07pm

I always remember the pronunciation of his name this way:

BARE-IT

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Posted: 11/24/06 at 5:00pm

How do you say Celia Keenan-Bolger's name?

"SEE-lee-ah KEE-nan Bol-ger" (w/ a j-sound) or "SAY-lee-ah KEE-nan BOL-ger" (like with a g-sound)

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Posted: 11/24/06 at 5:03pm

The first one.

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Posted: 11/24/06 at 5:25pm

What about Alexander Scheitinger? How are the vowels in the first syllable pronounced (like a hard E or I or some combination) and is the G hard or soft? So is it SHY-TIN-JER, SHEE-TIN-JER, SHY-TIN-GER, SHEE-TIN-JER, or something else?

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Posted: 11/24/06 at 5:55pm

d'amboise pronounced:dem-bwa
Berresse:ber-es

For Barette Foa, I just call him Boa. I asked my French teacher how to pronounce it, but she couldn't get it. Its my little acronym for him! (did i spell acronym right?!?)

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Posted: 11/24/06 at 5:59pm

Lea Michele

Is it Lay-uh, or Lee-uh...or something else entirely?

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Posted: 11/24/06 at 6:33pm

Could someone help me pronounce John Lloyd Young?
(HEE HEE)

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Posted: 11/24/06 at 6:51pm

So "Bolger" is with a "j" sound, not a "g" sound?

#18

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Posted: 11/24/06 at 8:26pm

Okay- here's one: Gambatese ?

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Posted: 11/24/06 at 10:04pm

Alexander Gemignani

Manoel Felciano(Is it like Felch-iano Or Fel-see-ano)

And for a character ...

HOW DO YOU SAY ENJOLRAS.

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Posted: 11/24/06 at 10:09pm

Enjolras = au(n)-johl-ras

j as in s in pleasure.

And, yes, final "s" is pronounced.

And on the other French side:

d'Amboise is dam-bwahz. Unless she says it wrong. Or her name defies French logic. Either way, her papa is dam-bwahz.

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Posted: 11/24/06 at 11:45pm

And Mano is Fel-see-ah-no...he's not Italian, so no "chee".

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Posted: 11/25/06 at 12:31am

For a brief moment, I thought this was going to be an Idina thread. Thank goodness it wasn't.

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Posted: 11/25/06 at 1:02am

"I didn't know if it would be "bear-et" are "buh-ret". Like a hair clip."

That made me laugh so hard. I was talking to someone on the phone a while ago (actually, she's from BWW too) and we were talking about something relating to Broadway and she said "Buh-ret" and I was like "huh?!" and she thought I was kidding because I love Barrett but she didn't realize I didn't understand because she was saying it that way. heh

Anyway, to make it easy- it rhymes with "carrot"

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Posted: 11/25/06 at 1:22am

Repeat after me: O-wat-ta goo-si-am

Now say it a little faster: O-wat-ta goo-si-am

Faster: O-wat-ta goo-si-am

That's it,fella, that's how you pronounce it.

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Updated On: 11/25/06 at 01:22 AM

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Posted: 11/25/06 at 1:44am

For Alexander Gemignani, I believed it is pronouned:

je-mih-NYAH-nee

A good, Italian name, heehee.

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