Please folks : it's LE HAVRE

[Sybarite]

Le HAV RE. Pronounced : "AV RUH" (roughly)

Not : Le HARVE
Not : Le HAVE

Ok?

 

[BlueSkyNick]

Dac'corr.

 

[Sybarite]

Dac'corr.

He's baiting me. He's baiting me........

 

[WestWittering]

He's baiting me. He's baiting me........

Ben shore.

Di

 

[saltylegs]

Ahh mange tout mange tout

 

[Gwylan]

Translates as 'septic spot' however you say it!

 

[Lakesailor]

Le HAV RE. Pronounced : "AV RUH" (roughly)

Not : Le HARVE
Not : Le HAVE

Ok?

Another example of how the French cannot speak properly.
On the reporting about Scumacher they kept on about him being in Grenn-oh-bleh instead of Grenoa-bell as we all know it to be.

Bloody French.

 

[JumbleDuck]

Le HAV RE. Pronounced : "AV RUH" (roughly)

Not : Le HARVE
Not : Le HAVE

Ok?

If it was an h muet, surely it would be "L'Havre"? Alternatively, since it's "Le Havre", surely it's an h aspiré? I demand verification by a genuine frog, and preferable an Académicien.

 

[Sybarite]

If it was an h muet, surely it would be "L'Havre"? Alternatively, since it's "Le Havre", surely it's an h aspiré? I demand verification by a genuine frog, and preferable an Académicien.

Will you accept this?

http://french.about.com/od/pronunciation/a/h_3.htm


"Le Havre" is among the examples.

 

[Seajet]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V7zbWNznbs

 

[Tidewaiter2]

Le HAV RE. Pronounced : "AV RUH" (roughly)

Not : Le HARVE
Not : Le HAVE

Ok?

Pas d'un problem, Mon Vieux:encouragement:
Et j'ai seulment le francais et l'ordinateur d'un ancien homme de travail des ancien quai's de Londres a l'Est, pas comme un du Lycee au Kensington comme les autre Forumites ici, Guv.

 

[Roberto]

a second one

the "Le" article of Le Havre often merges with prepositions: ships sail out of "le port du Havre", not out of "le port de Le Havre"

more majestically, when sailing into Belle ïle marina one can proudly announce "j'entre dans le port du Palais"

 

[Roberto]

Le HAV RE. Pronounced : "AV RUH" (roughly)

Havre has the same root as English "haven", hasn't it ?


here it says the French word comes from the Dutch hafen, around 12th Century

http://www.cnrtl.fr/etymologie/havre

 

[nigelmercier]

Ok?

No arguments here, but then I get a lot of stick from my kids for saying "restaurant" with a silent "t" at the end.

 

[Baggy]

.... mercy bunkups......

as my mate would reply to attractive frenchy ladies

oh.... how we laughed

 

[NealB]

No arguments here, but then I get a lot of stick from my kids for saying "restaurant" with a silent "t" at the end.

And do you book a 'table' or a 'tarblur', at this restaurant?

 

[DJE]

Le HAV RE. Pronounced : "AV RUH" (roughly)

Not : Le HARVE
Not : Le HAVE

Ok?

Naturalmont!

 

[JumbleDuck]

a second one

the "Le" article of Le Havre often merges with prepositions: ships sail out of "le port du Havre", not out of "le port de Le Havre"

I used to fly gliders at Le Blanc, near Poitiers. One returned au Blanc.

 

[DJE]

So why is it La France??

 

[Woodlouse]

Tres bien avec jaques costeau bonjour.