How do you pronounce Prince Louis name

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Trival i know, but the radio station i'm listening to this morning keeps pronoucing it Lew-is (as in the Tv dectective) and its really anmoying me because its Lou-ee (as in walsh or tomlinson) isn't it?

Now i know there is some confusion about how you pronounce Eugenie's name wether its eu- JANE-y or Eu- Gene-y and prince Harry's name is some what of a throw bavk to how they would have pronounced Henry in the 15c.

So I'm wondering if i've missed something and the Palace have actally said its pronouced Lew-is rather than the lou-ee pronoucation that would normally assoccated with the name.

It's definitely Loo - Eee. After Lord Loius Mountbatten apparently.

It's Lou ee

How odd?

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Lewey. Loo-ee.

Eugenie is You-jenny. That's how they pronounce it when talking about her.

He was named after Mountbatten so definitely Loo-ee.

Lewis is spelt Lewis.

Loo ee. Lewis would be, well, Lewis.

Those new photos of him that Kate Middleton has released are gorgeous. What a bonny bairn!

Of course it’s Lou-ee

Even if that wasn’t blatantly obvious by the spelling, they’ve specifically clarified that before anyway haven’t they?

Harry is actually a “shortening” of Henry- he is Prince Henry known as Harry.

Whilst I do know a Louis pronounced Lewis, it's definitely usually (ie correctly!) pronounced Loo-ee

And some Louises do pronounce it Lewis.

And the pictures are awful!

Lou-ee.

Because they aren't plebs.

(yes, I am incredibly snobby about this!)

As for the spelling yes i know Lew-is Would be spelt Lewis thats why tue pronoucation is annoying me

Harry is actually a “shortening” of Henry- he is Prince Henry known as Harry

Well yes it is now, but the fornal pronoucation of Henry as in king Henry 8, is more similar to Harry than the way we say Henry these days.

Lou-ee

Really strange the Radio Station is saying different

And Eugenie like Use-your-knee (how the family themselves have said it's pronounced)

Harry's name is some what of a throw back to how they would have pronounced Henry in the 15c.

I didn't know that. How interesting!

Definitely Loo - eee. I think some confusion arose when the gymnast Louis Smith decided to pronounce it as Lewis.

the fornal pronoucation of Henry as in king Henry 8, is more similar to Harry than the way we say Henry these days.

How do they find these things out I wonder?

What on earth radio station gets that wrong?

Genuine question.

BertrandRussell whats wrong with the pictures? he looks adorable!
Do you mean technically awful?

SoupDragon - I have a vague recollection that Henry would have been pronounced the French way, i.e. On-ri, in those days, which I suppose is more like Harry.

Yes, I thought on-ree but can't quite make it like Harry. It's interesting.

I think you're right MilkTray about it coming more from the French pronunciation. In the Middle Ages French was spoken a great deal at the English Court so Henry V's name, for instance, would have sounded more like Harry

Henry would have been pronounced the French way, i.e. On-ri, in those days, which I suppose is more like Harry

and in an english accent that may well have been "an-ri' drop the n, becones ah-ri which becomes Harry.

I always thought harry was an odd shortening of Henry, but then when i found out it would have sounded more like that i just presumed thats where the shortening came from