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Author: klim
Date: 2017-09-28 00:49
Would someone be so kind as to tell me how to pronounce the word Legere?
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Author: fskelley
Date: 2017-09-28 01:19
I don't claim any particular knowledge, but I say LEH JEER'.
(edited to add, not J but ZH, as in LEH ZHEER' - but Chris got it right first)
It took me a long time to fix the way I was saying Ridenour and Lyrique. From Tom's videos I'm pretty sure they're RID' EH NOW ER and LIH' RICK.
Stan in Orlando
EWI 4000S with modifications
Post Edited (2017-09-28 03:30)
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2017-09-28 01:48
I pronounce Legere as Le-Zhair'
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: shmuelyosef
Date: 2017-09-28 02:33
Very continental, Chris...since they are made in Quebec, I assume it is a French name, as you wrote
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Author: fskelley
Date: 2017-09-28 03:29
Chris is right- in fact I do say ZH not J so I mistyped it. I'll go back and fix.
Stan in Orlando
EWI 4000S with modifications
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2017-09-28 04:14
Where I live which is right the south coast of England, I'm only separated from France by the English Channel. My dad's first language is French, but I ditched all languages when I was at school in favour of more practical and science based subjects.
But what was alarming is when I lived in Canada in the early '80s, the French teacher at elementary school there taught French on a purely phonetic basis with phonetic spellings - so I've no idea what that was about or how it was even meant to be helpful as she insisted we also spell things wrong. My dad was livid.
The French teacher at my primary school before moving out there was Parisian and all the other French teachers taught French with the correct French spelling both in the second elementary school I went to in Canada and at high school back in the UK.
So as far as languages go, I can get by understanding technical specs if it's in French or German, but that's as far as it goes. With regard to woodwind repair and manufacture, there are a lot of similar words used in both French and English as the French makers were largely the pioneers of the industry.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: ned
Date: 2017-09-28 05:13
la gair, leg air, ledger-eh, luh-jair, lay gair, lay jair, lay gair,
Take your pick...these'll all be wrong anyway.
Better still, ring up the company and see what the receptionist says...
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Author: ned
Date: 2017-09-29 07:24
''...From the horse's mouth.......https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jzRj4Sk9jQ...''
That about settles that one then...one of my guesses (luh-jair) was correct.
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