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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible
Leez-urz urz as in furs without the R as someone from asia would classically pronounce or a snobbish UK dweller. The 'eu' is the toughest thing for an anglophone to pronounce because the phonem does not exist in the language. What I gave is an approximation.
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heh, i see moz will not be discouraged so easily...
i'm quite impressed, i've seen liseuse used in more than one french blog (franco-français, not québécois, which might be why yvan was not familiar with this use of it ; i do think that in french at least it is actually an accepted name, if not the only one) but i never expected anyone to transfer it into english.
to addresse the pronunciation, i think you could also say that the "eu" sound is the same as the "e" in "her". it doesn't seem like it should be so difficult for english speakers to pronounce, once they understand ; the "eu" together might not exist in english, but the *sound* does (her, fur, etc.). i think the "ouille" sound is supposed to be much harder for anglophones ; i can't think of any english word with that sound, yvan can you ?