d'uccle pronounciation

[Cha Cha Chicken]

I was wondering- I called someone's chicken a Belgian bearded "doo slay" they told me it was doo-CLAY... were they right?

thanks in advance!

 

[Illia]

Doo-CLAY indeed.

 

[Pyncheon guy]

There is no accent over the E....it is pronounced "dookle",,,,,like dew-cull.... It is not dee-uncle...there is no N and not dew-clay.... I raised the breed for over 25 years and remember the very same conversation 40 years ago....same issue..... A Belgian friend told me how he pronounced it... He lived in Gent, Belgium and was one of my old Racing pigeon friends. I trust his word since he lives there....

 

[thechickonthehill]

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I actually checked the pronunciation online through Webster's. They didn't have the word "d'Uccle" but they did have Uccle (as in the town/city of). The town name was pronounced "ooh-cluh" so I assumed that would make the chicken breed name pronounced "doo-cluh".

 

[Pyncheon guy]

That sounds correct.... Thanks for the info

 

[thechickonthehill]

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Face it, however we say it (unless you happen to be fluent in more than one language) we are probably still butchering it!

 

[Pyncheon guy]

LOL...

I do speak other languages.....and have lived in Europe....but I never had to say the word d'Uccle over there....I pronounced it "dookle" here for the English speakers.... My French teachers/professors would give me an "F" for pronouncing it this way.... My second language is Portuguese....

 

[Yellow House Farm]

In French, d'Uccle would be doo-cluh. One needs an accent to say doo-clay. I guess dookle works but its an English pronunciation and not French.

 

[Pyncheon guy]

correct...I was trying to help the English speaking people....

 

[wegotchickens]

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Face it, however we say it (unless you happen to be fluent in more than one language) we are probably still butchering it!

Butchering it, indeed!

And dew-clay sounds so elegant

I cringe when I hear them called 'dunkles'