Behind the Name: Message: "Marié with an accent"

Subject:	Marié with an accent
Author:	polyglot7 (Authenticated as polyglot7)
Date:	April 15, 2008 at 4:43:28 PM

I've noticed a few Marié's with an accent on the 'e' around lately.I wondered if this is the 'wrong' way of writing the name, and if it affects the pronunciation in French.

In my country (South Africa) normally 'Marie' would be pronounced the Dutch way-MAAAH-rie, which I do not like.Ma-REEE sounds nicer to me.Anyway I am thinking of changing my middle name-Maria-to Marié (to make it a little more modern!), but I would rather leave it if adding the accent makes the word look odd or affects the pronunciation, or if it would look strange to a French person.

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Messages in this thread:

Marié with an accent - polyglot7 Apr 15 2008, 4:43:28 PM
- Re: Marié with an accent - minikui May 3 2008, 6:21:50 AM
  - Re: Marie in France and Germany - polyglot7 May 4 2008, 5:45:40 PM
- Re: Marié with an accent - Tassiegirl Apr 16 2008, 6:22:48 PM
  - Re: Marié with an accent - polyglot7 Apr 17 2008, 3:47:00 PM
    - Correction (m) - sunshine-babe Apr 18 2008, 12:43:28 PM
      - Re: Correction (m) - polyglot7 Apr 18 2008, 4:09:59 PM
    - Re: Marié with an accent - aquamarina Apr 18 2008, 5:20:23 AM
      - Marie with accented 'i' - polyglot7 Apr 18 2008, 4:12:38 PM
        
        Re: Marie with accented 'i' - aquamarina Apr 21 2008, 3:42:16 AM
        
        Re: Marie with accented 'i' - polyglot7 Apr 21 2008, 1:56:57 PM
        
        Re: Marie with accented 'i' - aquamarina Apr 23 2008, 2:51:30 AM
- Re: Marié with an accent - Anneza Apr 15 2008, 11:33:53 PM
  - Re: Marié with an accent - aquamarina Apr 16 2008, 2:57:11 AM
    - Marié is about as French as Beyoncé :) nt - Pavlos Apr 16 2008, 6:02:24 AM

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