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For all you French speakers..

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:15:24 GMT

Bonjour !

This may sound stupid but im not sure how to pronounce the name of a hotel - Grande Rousses

Does it sound like its spelt - Roose ? or is it pronounced Roo-say ?

Any help i would be greatful for haha :oops:

Re:For all you French speakers..

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:40:20 GMT

Hi GummyBear
If your spelling is accurate and there are no accents above the e, it would be pronounced Roose (rhymes with loose, not with lose)
I got told off by a local a couple of years ago for pronouncing Les Carroz as caroz instead of caro. :oops:

Hope that helps.

Allie

Re:For all you French speakers..

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:59:44 GMT

Yeah, on the website they havnt spelt it with accents, just wanted to check because mines for a job interview and couldn't think of anything worse than standing up, full of enthusiasm,only to pronounce the name of the hotel wrong !!

Re:For all you French speakers..

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:10:05 GMT

Hi Gummybear,

I cannot vouch for it's accuracy, but if you use the language tools on google, you can get it to read the phrase you input. It seems to agree with Allie on the pronunciation, and does seem change if you add various accents.

Have a listen

Clicki Ici :)

By the way, it also funny to see how it thinks it is pronounced in "English".

Good luck with the job btw :)

Re:For all you French speakers..

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:53:53 GMT

I think there is a spelling mistake somewhere - it should be Grandes Rousses, because big is an adjective which has to agree with the noun, which is plural. And I also think, (although I'm not sure) that the 'd' in 'grandes' should be pronounced because it has the 'e' because Rousses is feminine as well as plural.

Rousses is a place, is it not, or else 'big red' doesn't make much sense.

Best of luck with the job :D

Ally

Re:For all you French speakers..

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:03:02 GMT

AllyG wrote:I think there is a spelling mistake somewhere - it should be Grandes Rousses, because big is an adjective which has to agree with the noun, which is plural. And I also think, (although I'm not sure) that the 'd' in 'grandes' should be pronounced because it has the 'e' because Rousses is feminine as well as plural.

Rousses is a place, is it not, or else 'big red' doesn't make much sense.

Best of luck with the job :D

Ally

Yeah my mistake, it is Grandes Rousses.

Thanks for the help guys, ill guess ill just have to judge by their faces whether i pronounced it right haha

Re:For all you French speakers..

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 23:11:30 GMT

Rousse is an adjective connected with roux. (red) As an adjective, it cannot have a plural. So Ally is correct, it must refer to a place name, unconnected with roux.

Re:For all you French speakers..

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 08:54:41 GMT

Roo sez

Re:For all you French speakers..

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:18:13 GMT

Grande Roose ,,,, I would pronounce Grande Rooose (as it were)

Re:For all you French speakers..

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:20:10 GMT

anyway, dont worry too much about how to pronounce the name of your hotel, as long as you enjoy your skiing !!

Re:For all you French speakers..

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:11:06 GMT

I agree with the above, I'm sure you have more important things to worry about :wink:

Re:For all you French speakers..

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:48:43 GMT

tropicana wrote:anyway, dont worry too much about how to pronounce the name of your hotel, as long as you enjoy your skiing !!

:shock: :(

Hope he has a better attitude than that. Gummybear is going for a job interview at the hotel, time to worry about your skiing after you get the job :)

Don't forget to let us know how you get on Gummybear.