Camille or Felicity?

[Annaa23456]

Which name do you prefer as a sibling for Vivienne? With Camille we live in England so would go with the English pronounciation (Kah-meel) but nickname would be Cami so as the French pronounce Kah-mee. I love Felicity but struggle to find a nice nickname. Thanks in advance!

Tatiana
Your posts are just nonsense. The pronunciation of Camille depends on your accent, just like any other word. I’m bilingual English and French. It’s standard in the Uk to pronounce the ‘l’ but obviously the vowel sounds will change depending on your accent.

However Camille is pronounced I prefer it to Felicity.

Ri-ght so that’s why you were claiming there was a ‘pretty standard pronunciation in UK’. Your words not mine. Now you’ve decided it depends on your accent.

Standard pronunciation in English is RP. That’s what foreigners are taught. RP = Cuhmilla. I’ve never met a Kahmilla ever and I know a fuck of a lot of Camillas. If you speak French you know that Kahmille isn’t standard in French either.

Standard pronunciation in English is RP
no it’s not. RP is dying out and is no longer considered superior to regional accents. It’s over 10 year since I studied phonetics but your concept of RP being “correct English” was dismissed as archaic and elitist then.

Camille is so elegant. Love it.

Superior or inferior is irrelevant, I didn’t say anything about ‘correct’ English either, it’s just what is standard. It still is standard and that is the English pronunciation taught to foreigners.

You’re the one who made the ludicrous claim about a ‘standard’ pronunciation in the ‘UK’, it was a ridiculous thing to say in the first place. I’ve never disputed regional accents exist.

If you ever hear Camilla Duchess of Cornwall referred to in the media it’s always ‘Cuhmilla’, I’ve never once heard it pronounced ‘Cahmilla’.

• ludicrous claim about a ‘standard’ pronunciation in the ‘UK’ [Of Camille]

Personally I think Julian is more posh than wet.

Wrong thrdad, oops sorry!

I know a Camille. She says the name as CAM-eel. I know several Camillas (Cam-illa) all get called Cam apart from the one who gets called Camel.

Felicity

Tatiana you said 'Camille in the UK is pronounced like Camilla - Cuhmeel.'

Not everywhere it isn't, is the point.