how do you say "mille fleur D'Uccle?

[willkatdawson]

I need to call a breeder and I don't know how to say the name correctly

 

[Buckguy20]

there is another thread where it is explaned. I believe the D'uccle part is pronounced Doo Clay

 

[Krys109uk]

Uccle (French) or Ukkel (Dutch), is in Belgium where both French & Dutch are spoken.
This site pronounces the word in Englsh & in French.
Click next to the word at the top for the Englsh pronunciation & next to the lower word for the French pronunciation.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Uccle

And the 'D' is pronounced D as in duck.

 

[Henk69]

At your service:
http://belgians.edelras.nl/

 

[amazondoc]

Quote:
The breeder isn't much more likely to say it correctly than you are.

Don't worry too much about pronunciations. As long as you can spell it correctly, you can communicate!

 

[miss_jayne]

here in America, we say, "MEAL FLOO UR DOO CLAY"

it means, "Thousands of flowers" in French.

 

[Chris09]

Mille-fleurs (Mill-ay-Fler)
Mille-fleurs (French) literally means "thousand flowers" and refers to a background made of many small flowers and plants. It was an especially popular motif in the applied arts and crafts during the Middle Ages in Europe.
d' Uccle (Do-U-Clay)
Uccle is a town on the outskirts of Brussels, Belgium

(Mill-ay-Fler-Do-U-Clay)

Chris

 

[Krys109uk]

At your service:
http://belgians.edelras.nl/

I can't see how the last syllable would be "ay" as there as no acute accent (é) over the 'e'. Not that I'm aware of having been to Uccle or hearing a Belgian person say the name.​

 

[LilPeeps]

I say "millie flur dee-ukkel", and I've yet to hear a judge, or too many other people, pronounce it differently, although I have seen on here that many pronounce it "doo-clay" or many other variations.

 

[millebantam]

What Julie said.