Pronunciation of 'de Bohun'

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Pronunciation of 'de Bohun'

Legg inn av graham@gmilne.demon.co.uk » 09 jul 2005 00:18:47

I have heard a number of ways of pronouncing 'Bohun' including 'boon'
and 'bowen'. Today, I happened to meet a French lady from Normandy who
was running a market stall. I wrote the words 'de Bohun' on my
newspaper and asked her how they pronounced this in Normandy. She said
'de bo-hun' with the 'bo' pronounced 'bow' and the 'hun' prounounced as
in 'Hun'.

Todd A. Farmerie

Re: Pronunciation of 'de Bohun'

Legg inn av Todd A. Farmerie » 09 jul 2005 00:38:19

graham@gmilne.demon.co.uk wrote:
I have heard a number of ways of pronouncing 'Bohun' including 'boon'
and 'bowen'. Today, I happened to meet a French lady from Normandy who
was running a market stall. I wrote the words 'de Bohun' on my
newspaper and asked her how they pronounced this in Normandy. She said
'de bo-hun' with the 'bo' pronounced 'bow' and the 'hun' prounounced as
in 'Hun'.

Unfortunately, the question is not so simple as this. It is likely that
a modern Frenchwoman and a modern Englishman would give you different
answers, both of which would differ from the answer you would get from a
12th century Anglo-Norman baron.

taf

graham@gmilne.demon.co.uk

Re: Pronunciation of 'de Bohun'

Legg inn av graham@gmilne.demon.co.uk » 09 jul 2005 11:35:43

The lady I spoke to was 800 years old, as were some of her dried
figs....

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