Re:How Spelling Keeps Kids From Learning
by anouk_anca on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @09:36AM
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> Moët, as in the champagne, is pronounced moe-ETTE not moe-AY
I think this is a rule of the trema - the vowel is not diphtongued and the following consonant is not silent. Words like Noël, Anaïs are pronounced the same way (no-ELLE and ana-YSSE).
I think this is a rule of the trema - the vowel is not diphtongued and the following consonant is not silent. Words like Noël, Anaïs are pronounced the same way (no-ELLE and ana-YSSE).