How would a French Canadian pronounce Chrystian?
I have a French Canadian colleague whose first name is Chrystian. My US colleagues call him Christian but I think it should be pronounced as Chris-tee-ann. How would a French Canadian pronounce it?
The way you spelled it. If your colleague is French Canadian he is equally used to his name being pronounced with the French pronunciation as the English pronunciation. Don't worry, Christian is fine in an English-speaking setting. My name is Lynn (pronounced leen in France, but mainly Lynn in Quebec). When I am in France and people aren't familiar with Lynn, I say "Je m'appelle Line (leen), comme Caroline (Caroleen)"
August 26 2008 08:08 pm | christian tee
Lia Marie on 10 Jul 2008 at 8:37 am #
its christian
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Lynn on 11 Jul 2008 at 4:34 pm #
The way you spelled it. If your colleague is French Canadian he is equally used to his name being pronounced with the French pronunciation as the English pronunciation. Don't worry, Christian is fine in an English-speaking setting. My name is Lynn (pronounced leen in France, but mainly Lynn in Quebec). When I am in France and people aren't familiar with Lynn, I say "Je m'appelle Line (leen), comme Caroline (Caroleen)"
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Canadian French speaker, major in linguistics/French Canadian Literature