How to pronounce Desiree?
Is it DazRay? or DazRee? or Desire?
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Dez-ee-Reh
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Deh-zi-reh (eh like men).
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I pro. it dez-a-rayIn America, that's the way I've always heard it pro.Siri
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Here in Holland we say Dayseeray
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I've heard it DEZ-ih-ray
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day-zee-ray in French, with balanced stress in the first and last syllablesIn English, I've only ever heard DAY-zuh-ray.
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You have to either :
1) Sign up for French classes, or
2) Spend innumerable hours listening and karaokeing to the tunes of Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel to practice "comment rouler vos r"
On the other hand, you can pronounce it Desiray and run the risk of becoming the laughing stock of some snotty native froggy ("oh, ces especes de cons americains sont carrement incultes!":P
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Giggle, giggle...
In French (and also Swedish), it's des-ee-RAY (not really "ray", but a French é, as in "liberté")
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In South Africa it's Dezray, though there was a soft-rock singer a while ago who called herself Dezi Ray.And my friend, who speaks excellent French but prefers a simple life, pronounces her name Dezray. When she was a preschooler, her teacher had never heard of the name and called her Daisy Ray ... must admit, I still call her Daisy too.
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In English it dependsOn the accents you put on it:
Desirée: dez-ir-AY
Désirée: day-zir-AYThat is not proper French, but it's the way most people in Canada and America pronounce it as far as I know. The first form/pronunciation is by far the most common; in fact I wasn't aware of the second form until I found this site.Miranda
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I agree that it depends. In English its mostly dez-ir-ay or dez-a-ray. everyone I know uses the latter when talking to me.
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In Australia it's DE-ze-ray . . .the 'e' sounds are both as in 'bet' and the 'ay' is as in 'say'.
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In French it would be pronounced Deh-zee-REH.Andy ;—)
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