Klarinet Archive - Posting 001092.txt from 2000/12

From: stewart kiritz <kiritz@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Reeds (Legere) -- Pronunciation
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 19:28:29 -0500

If there were an accent over the last e then it would be pronounced
leh-je-re (leh rather than lay, because the french -e- is a vowel not a
dipthong). However, my legere does NOT have the final third accent. Does
yours?? Therefore, the reed is pronounced leh-ghere, with the emphasis on
the second of the two syllables. By the way, the word means "light" in
french.

Stewart Kiritz

----- Original Message -----
From: <Bobngayenewman@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Reeds (Legere) -- Pronunciation

> Anybody -- I am not French. How do you pronounce Legere? I see there are
> accents over the second and third "e". Does that mean it's Lay-SHAY-RAY or
> what? I've been pronouncing it Lay-SHARE, but who am moi?
>
> Signed Befuddled in Sacramento
>
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