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Message: [QUOTE="Townie72, post: 2852022, member: 780"] So what you are saying is that the name is basically unpronounceable by the average American. Quicy better get mentally prepared for either an Anglicized pronunciation or a knickname. Trilling of "rrrr's" ain't part of what we do. I speak passable Spanish and I could never get a real handle on "Tierrrrrra del Madrrrre" I spend a fair amount of time in France and I can assure you that generally the French do no like amateur attempts at speaking their language. Your attempts to use your high school French to communicate sound like chalk on the blackboard to them. If they can, they'll quickly switch you to speaking English if they can partially because they hate people mangling French. Spanish speaking countries seem to feel complimented when you make the effort to speak Espanol. But the French flat don't like it. I have no idea if French Canadians have the same dedication to the proper use of the French language. [/QUOTE]