I live in the Napa Valley and there is a famous winery here by the name of
Beaulieu. It is pronounced bowl-you. I think we come close to the the
French on this.
The Brits however have a different idea on that word. When my wife and I
vacationed in England we were headed toward their Beaulieu in a car and we
had to ask directions frequently. Nobody knew what we were talking about
when we asked the way to Bowl-you. Finally, someone, said "Oh, you mean
Bew-lee." The Brits love to fracture anything French. Its been going on
for a long long time.
Don Scott
At 12:40 PM 9/18/98 EDT, you wrote:
>>Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 09:42:13 -0500
>>From: Rodney McDonald <rmcd@marspec.com>
>>Subject: Trivia
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>>After reading several articles about shows, autojumbles, etc. I'm
>>confounded about the correct pronunciation of BEAULIEU.
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>>Could someone give me a hand with that?
>
>>Thanks,
>>Rodney McDonald
>>'76 MGB
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>I used to sell 16mm movie cameras made by the company Cinema Beaulieu.
>I do know how to pronounce it. Listen..... Did you get it?
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>I had one customer who used to say, "BO-LOU" with accents on both syllables,
>but I don't think he was correct!
>
>Allen Hefner
>(Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start up again?)
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