Hi how do you pronounce D'uucles?

[speckiedoodle]

Hi Guys,
I just purchased some D'uucles and the person pronounced their name
Duck-uls. I know the breed started in Belgium but was it the French speaking part? So any help would be appreciated!

 

[miss_jayne]

do clay

p.s. the beligians speak french and flemish. (i'm belgian, so i won't steer you wrong on that!

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[Fudgie]

Well thanks miss_jayne!!!! I never would have thunk that!!! I agree I say it d uccle! DU CLay sounds more elegant and sophisticated any way!!!!

 

[LilPeeps]

I say d'uccle as "dee ukkle"

 

[miss_jayne]

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the d' in french is just 'duh' not 'dee' it's a combination word short for du uccle, as they do not put two vowels together if i remember correctly from french classes.

 

[SGM]

The way I've heard it pronounced and say it is "duck l" like the l sound.

 

[miss_jayne]

okay, i just went to a Belgian website about the city of Uccle.

the pronunciation in BELGIAN is duh-oo-klah

in French duh-oo-clay.

 

[Vcomb]

ah this is another fun one. one of them that depending on where you're from you'll hear different pronounciations.

miss jayne's got it down though.

alternate pronounciations i've heard include:

duh-ukkle
dee-ukkle
du-clay
du-clair
duckel
dee-ussel
da-ukkle