pronounce d'Uccle?

[Chickhick]

I've read how to pronounce "Mille Fleur", but could someone tell me how to pronounce "d'Uccle"? One syllable or two?

 

[alabamachick]

I see it as Dew-clay? I think?

I've always wondered this as well!

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

It is dew-clay, but I confess that in my head I always think duh-uckle first.

 

[speckledhen]

Depends on if you're doing the actual French pronunciation or the messed-up American version. French would actually be "DEW-kluh", and you shorten the last syllable so it's not really pronounced, but with proper names, it always depends on the originator's intent. Took French for about five years.

 

[prov31gal]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=299236&p=1 .........this should clear things up.

 

[kimb]

American: Do - cley

Here: this is easier than to explain

http://www.acapela-group.com/text-to-speech-interactive-demo.html
(make sure your volume is on, and press "say it"

... )


HAD a *duhhh* moment they're belgium bantams

... so "do cley" is actually correct

...

 

[Chickhick]

Thank you all. I'm glad to retire my 2 guesses: duh-uckle, and duckle! Do Clay is MUCH prettier!!!

 

[chicken_china_mom]

Do Clay sounds so much nicer that dee uckle like I hear so many people pronounce it, lol. I've been pronouncing it Dee-Ookle. Do Clay sounds nicer though!

 

[Bec]

DH used to make fun of mine and would call them Dookles, like Duke-els...LOL. So I now have a very bad habit of calling them that! But I believe it is pronounced "Doo-clay"

 

[Chris09]

Belgian d'Uccle Bantam-- ( Uc·cle ) Uccle (French, pronounced [ykl]) or Ukkel (Dutch, pronounced [ˈʏkəl]
http://www.answers.com/topic/uccle
The ‘d’ in front of d’Uccle means from or of (Uccle). If you happen to be in Belgium, the 'd' is dropped, and they are simply referred to as 'Uccles'.
www.apa-abayouthprogramsite.org/Edu.../Belgian%20D'Uccle.pdf.

Chris