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in reply to a message by Devonelisa
I don't know much about French grammar, but I think the extra E makes the name feminine. So that's where you get Esmee, Renee, and Aimee. They are pronounced the same way as the masculine forms, though (compare the above names to Esme, Rene, and Aime). The accents were omitted to provide links.
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If you read her post about the way real french people pronounce them, they're different.
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Also, I noticed that in French the emphasis is usually placed on the last syllable (as opposed to English where the emphasis is typically at the beginning or middle), so the pronounciation of ez-MAY for Esme and Esmee is correct. Just like we pronounce Rene and Renee re-NAY and Aime and Aimee e-MAY.
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