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The pronunciations for all the newly added French names are in all-caps. (m)
For example, the pronunciation for Priscille is currently listed as being PREE-SEEL, while it should be pree-SEEL. Upon further exploration, I see that not just the newly added French names are affected by this, but also the French names that have been in the main database for a very long time already (and they didn't have their pronunciation in all-caps before this newest update). Is this by design, or is it a glitch? I see that the pronunciations listed for names of other usages (such as Dutch and Spanish) are not affected, i.e. they are not listed in all-caps. But if this is indeed by design, then how are people now supposed to know where the stress is in the pronunciation of a name? :sWith that said, thank you for this newest update! :) It's always great to see new names added to the main database, and the IPA support makes things even better this time around! :D

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I'm treating French as a language without stress. This is also the way Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and Ancient Greek names are shown on this site.
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