pronouncing mille fleur d'uccles......im butchering it.

[prov31gal]

can someone pronounce the name phonetically-i know im butchering it. i just discovered them and have really taken a shine to them, i think i may be ordering a batch soon, my husband thinks they are ugly, but i just love them. he has been jokeingly calling them-mil-FLERDikles. but how do you actually say it, i know i sound stupid, but i dont want to sound even more stupid if i try to order mil-FLERdikles.

 

[Opa]

It's much easier to just point and say "that speckled lookin' one over there".

 

[PeepsInc]

I forgot to ask, which side of the mason dixon are you on?

 

[prov31gal]

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were in wild wonderful west virginia, so that should add a nice spin to a beautifel french pronunciation, since we dont have a creek or a roof in our state, just criks and ruffs.

 

[hinkjc]

I say it mill-ee-floor-doo-clay. Not sure if that's right.

 

[PeepsInc]

I believe it's pronounced .. Mill-floor-D-ucl

 

[prov31gal]

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ha....

maybe mil-FLIRDicles WASNT TOO FAR OFF? any other suggestions........id love all the info i can get.thanks

 

[prov31gal]

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i like this suggestion, no fuss, straight to the point.

 

[teach1rusl]

I've heard it's mill-flur doo-clay, and a BUNCH of other ways...lol. But until somebody starts laughing and pointing at me, I'm sticking with the pronunciation I wrote.

 

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

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This is correct.

Mille (thousand) Fluer (flowers) d'Uccle (of/from Uccles)

mill-flur doo-clay

well, you could add an extra half-syllable to "fluer", like "flewer", but just hardly touching the "w" sound.