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How do you pronounce my actual name?

Tekania
02-06-2005, 14:40
My last name is spelled 'DuPuy'.

It'll be interesting to see how people interpret the correct pronunciation.

My ancestors were Acadians (canadian transplants to Lousiana, after the British occupation of the former French-Canadian colonies)... Hense my Cajun (Acadian) ancestry.

One of my ancestors (as a hint), Joseph DuPuy, changed the spelling in 1751, from 'DuPuis' (pronounced the same way).

So, let's see what % get it correct.
Kreitzmoorland
02-06-2005, 14:42
this isn't do hard. Its pronounced "de-pwee"
FairyTInkArisen
02-06-2005, 14:43
Du-Pwee?
Werteswandel
02-06-2005, 14:43
Dupwee. The 'u' being a very short 'oo', the emphasis being on the 'wee'.

Tekaineeyuh?
Fass
02-06-2005, 14:45
As it is pronounced in French, with the "du" being close to the German "dü" or almost like just a "d'" sound, and "puis" being close to "pwee".
Colodia
02-06-2005, 14:48
"CHICKEEEEEEEN!"
Tekania
02-06-2005, 15:03
Dupwee. The 'u' being a very short 'oo', the emphasis being on the 'wee'.

Tekaineeyuh?

I'll let the poll run for abit before I reveal the true pronunciation....

As to my NS name:

Tek (like Tech- in Technology) - ay - nee - yah
Ancient Valyria
02-06-2005, 15:19
Düpwee
Greyenivol Colony
02-06-2005, 15:23
Du - Pwoi

with the 'u' heavily shortened?
Sonho Real
02-06-2005, 17:18
Du-Puee, with the a short "u" in "Du", and "Puee" sounding somewhere between "pee" and "pwee" (soft "w" sound).

Either that, or Du-Puey, with the "Puey" sounding somwhere between "Pay" and "Pwey"?
Willamena
03-06-2005, 15:55
So which is it?
Ankhmet
03-06-2005, 16:02
Du-pwee!Du-pwee!Du-pwee!Du-pwee!Du-pwee!Du-pwee!
Tekania
03-06-2005, 17:00
Ok, time to reveal the truth...

For those of you who guessed "other"....

I'm sorry, you're wrong.

For those of you who guessed "Doo-Pue"....

I'm sorry, you're wrong.

For those of you who guessed "Duh-Pue"....

I'm sorry, you're wrong.

For those of you who gussed "Doo-Pwee"....

Congradulations, you've done phenomenal compared to the bulk of my teachers during my school year; as well as most people I've encountered in the past.... You got it right.... I'm pround to announce 60% of the participant voters have suceeded....

DuPuy, masculine "of" French, 'u' is elongated as a "oo" sound... like "do".

Puy/Puis, in original 'puis', "S"'s in french are silent at the end of words, so it's omitted. ui/uy makes a "wee" sound, like oui.... Pwee...
Westmorlandia
03-06-2005, 17:04
Damn, I thought it was a trick question. I thought maybe it was one of those ones that look different to how it sounds (Featherstonehaugh is pronounced Fanshaw, Menzies is Mingies etc), but maybe only English names do that.

I thought it would sounds like Doo Pray, which is another name (DuPre).
Haken Rider
03-06-2005, 17:06
DuPuy, masculine "of" French, 'u' is elongated as a "oo" sound... like "do".

The French 'du' isn't pronounced like that.
Westmorlandia
03-06-2005, 17:08
The French 'du' isn't pronounced like that.

That's it's nearest English equivalent though. Though it might depend where you're from. People say 'do' in all sorts of ways. I've got a standard English accent so my 'do' is pretty close to a French 'du'.
Botswombata
03-06-2005, 17:11
You should try having a last name like Womachka. I've had my name butchered six way to sun down. I just laugh at the teachers employers etc who have just stared in confusion when looking at my name.
Newer Oxford
03-06-2005, 17:22
I say it is doo-poy.

Apparently I am wrong. Oh well, people mispronounce BOTH my names all the time... first and last... and my first name is straight from the Bible, so you would think it should not be so difficult.
Tekania
03-06-2005, 17:35
The French 'du' isn't pronounced like that.

Francais D'Acadie.... Not continental French....
Tekania
03-06-2005, 17:41
You should try having a last name like Womachka. I've had my name butchered six way to sun down. I just laugh at the teachers employers etc who have just stared in confusion when looking at my name.

Vo-Mah-ka? I'm guessing Polish?
Tekania
03-06-2005, 17:41
I say it is doo-poy.

Apparently I am wrong. Oh well, people mispronounce BOTH my names all the time... first and last... and my first name is straight from the Bible, so you would think it should not be so difficult.

First name from the bible? What is it?
Goesingthall
03-06-2005, 17:48
I wish you the best of luck, sir.
My name is a basic old English/Colonial American name, the same as a famous American author, and I think I have seen it pronounced correctly perhaps 10% of the time throughout my entire life.
And that's not even by people READING it... that's people REPEATING IT BACK TO ME after I have TOLD them what it is!
The worst part is when I tell them, "It's the same as the writer", and they reply:
"Who?"
Goesingthall (which is apparently easier to pronounce than my real name)
The Cat-Tribe
03-06-2005, 18:11
My last name is spelled 'DuPuy'.

It'll be interesting to see how people interpret the correct pronunciation.

My ancestors were Acadians (canadian transplants to Lousiana, after the British occupation of the former French-Canadian colonies)... Hense my Cajun (Acadian) ancestry.

One of my ancestors (as a hint), Joseph DuPuy, changed the spelling in 1751, from 'DuPuis' (pronounced the same way).

So, let's see what % get it correct.

Sorry, you name should have been changed to something American long ago.

It is now "Jones."
Tekania
03-06-2005, 18:13
I wish you the best of luck, sir.
My name is a basic old English/Colonial American name, the same as a famous American author, and I think I have seen it pronounced correctly perhaps 10% of the time throughout my entire life.
And that's not even by people READING it... that's people REPEATING IT BACK TO ME after I have TOLD them what it is!
The worst part is when I tell them, "It's the same as the writer", and they reply:
"Who?"
Goesingthall (which is apparently easier to pronounce than my real name)

Go-zing-tall ? or Go-sing-tall?
Tekania
03-06-2005, 18:15
Sorry, you name should have been changed to something American long ago.

It is now "Jones."

Actually, DuPuy is the Acadian equivalent of "Smith" or "Jones"... Maybe I should change the spelling back to the original (DuPuis) just to fuck with people :)
Zouloukistan
03-06-2005, 21:33
Francais D'Acadie.... Not continental French....
Ben en français du Québec, on ne dit pas ''doo'' pour ''du'', ça se dit comme... euh... commme... well, there is no a sound that is pronounced like the french ''u'' in english... I think...
German Nightmare
03-06-2005, 23:24
I would have said "Dü Pü-'ee" for DuPuis.

Found this here http://www.ldsmissions.net/fpm/fpg.html

u
is pronounced as a German ü, like an English long e said with pursed lips

Examples: du /dü/, aperçu /a payr sü/

ui

is pronounced as a diphthong between German ü and English long e, but may be approximated by we

Examples: lui /lüi/, huit /üeet/