| Subject: |
Re: Marié with an accent |
| Author: |
Anneza (Authenticated as Anneza) |
| Date: |
April 15, 2008 at 11:33:53 PM |
| Reply to: |
Marié with an accent by polyglot7 |
Hi! I've seen people here (I'm also in South Africa, hence the -za in my handle) using Marié instead of Marie to indicate that the second syllable is emphasised (the assumption being that the -ie makes the Afrikaans sound); this wouldn't be necessary in French, where it would indicate a different sound for the -e, probably mah-ree-eh (eh as in let), so they would just see it as bad French. There's a lot of that going round in SA names! I've actually met a (male) Fransua and a (female) Chantel.
But, if it's your mn, you'd be the only one to know. Which could be a good reason to change, or not to change. Not much help, I'm afraid.
All the best
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