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How do you pronounce Longueuil?

Asked by Nevada83 (907points) March 6th, 2020

I’ve looked everywhere online, and I’m getting many different pronunciations.

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janbb's avatar

I speak some French and I would pronounce in Lahn-Gweel but make the final “l” almost silent.

Tropical_Willie's avatar

That sounds right penguin, worked for a company that had a manufacturing plant there !

Demosthenes's avatar

It seems the most common English pronunciation is “long-gale”. The French pronunciation is hard to explain without IPA /lɔ̃ɡœj/; that final “l” is pronounced like a “y” and the vowel is a front rounded vowel like the one in the French word “boeuf”. It’s similar to the pronunciation of Argenteuil.

Pinguidchance's avatar

With flair, verve, panache and aplomb given it’s location, and a gutteral ‘longer e’.

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