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How to pronounce "de Broglie"?


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I've heard poor Luis de Broglie's name pronounced more ways than I care to think of. Does anyone know the correct pronunciation?

 

I have always thought that the g is pretty much silent, and the lie part has a "yeh" sound to it. As in : " de Broh-yeh "

 

Also, when I see "Euler" I want to say "you-ler", but I've heard someone say "oiler" before, is this right?

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I've heard poor Luis de Broglie's name pronounced more ways than I care to think of. Does anyone know the correct pronunciation?

 

I have always thought that the g is pretty much silent' date=' and the lie part has a "yeh" sound to it. As in : " de Broh-yeh "

 

Also, when I see "Euler" I want to say "you-ler", but I've heard someone say "oiler" before, is this right?[/quote']

 

I think "Euler", is as you said it oiler, look at the pronounciation key on this site:http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=euler

 

and Broglie is Brog-lee:http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=%20Broglie

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You can pronounce it how you want, but...

Since he was French it's fair to assume that he would have pronounced it as something like "D Broy".

So, unless you want to claim that he got his own name wrong, the right pronunciation is something like that.

 

In much the same way, unless you wish to claim that, while a great mathematician, Euler was too dumb to say his own name correctly, it's pronounced like "oiler".

 

 

(the very short uh sound in de is called a schwa.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwa

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Can't remember where this came from.

 

"Niklaus Wirth has lamented that, whereas Europeans pronounce his name correctly
(Ni-klows Virt), Americans invariably mangle it into (Nick-les Worth). Which
is to say that Europeans call him by name, but Americans call him by value."

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You can pronounce it how you want, but...

Since he was French it's fair to assume that he would have pronounced it as something like "D Broy".

So, unless you want to claim that he got his own name wrong, the right pronunciation is something like that.

 

In much the same way, unless you wish to claim that, while a great mathematician, Euler was too dumb to say his own name correctly, it's pronounced like "oiler".

 

 

(the very short uh sound in de is called a schwa.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwa

According to Evo, one of the scientists on Physics Forums, whose French, says the most accurate, probably, is as you have put it it but with a slightly longer 'eee' emphasis on the end. As in Da-broyEEE (accented emphasis on the end) Note, not Da-broy-yee. It apparently is Italian in origin or derived from it.

 

Given it's Italian origin, here's two versions. One French and an Italian. The French one is "Da-broy" and the Italian is "Da-broy-yer".

 

https://forvo.com/word/de_broglie/

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The Italian pronunciation of "gli" (a palatal lateral approximant: /ʎ/ ) is not like anything in English, but is close to the "ll" in the middle of "million" (as opposed to the double L in villa, for example).

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The Italian pronunciation of "gli" (a palatal lateral approximant: /ʎ/ ) is not like anything in English, but is close to the "ll" in the middle of "million" (as opposed to the double L in villa, for example).

Do you know Italian? Do you mean like this Google translation? Click the speaker icon.

 

https://translate.google.com/#auto/en/broglie

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Do you know Italian? Do you mean like this Google translation? Click the speaker icon.

 

https://translate.google.com/#auto/en/broglie

 

 

Yes. And that sounds like an accurate reproduction (I had to change the language from auto to Italian).

 

Is that synthesised? It seems very good (I have never tried it before and just checked it with a longer phrase).

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Yes. And that sounds like an accurate reproduction (I had to change the language from auto to Italian).

 

Is that synthesised? It seems very good (I have never tried it before and just checked it with a longer phrase).

I don't know. I'm impressed as well.

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