[meteorite-list] pronunciation of L'aigle

Rob Matson mojave_meteorites at cox.net
Sat Mar 13 20:07:01 EST 2010


> L'aigle is an easy one. * aigle * is the " eagle "
> in English but let's talk about its pronunciation:

> - *ai* sounds like the first  *a* in "animal"

My francais may be a bit rusty, but I'm pretty sure L'aigle
is pronounced pretty close to:

LAY' -gluh

(emphasis on first syllable, with the "uh" at the end just
barely pronounced.  There really isn't an English equivalent
to the clipped sound of the -gle ending.)  --Rob
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