I feel silly asking this question but...

[Logan Sapphire]

how exactly does one pronounce Vatche? Is it Vat-chee or Vat-chay (like a long "a")? Or something else?

 

[aljdewey]

It's VAT'-chee.

 

[Nicrez]

Wouldn't it be Vatché (with a long A sound)?




Because there is an acute accent mark (right leaning) over the last E...in french that would make it Vat-chay...No?

 

[Nicrez]

Also here's some help on getting accent marks to work in Windows:




http://www.ccsf.edu/Departments/Language_Lab/accentspc.htm

 

[aljdewey]

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On 3/26/2004 11:44:24 AM Nicrez wrote:







Wouldn't it be Vatché (with a long A sound)?




Because there is an acute accent mark (right leaning) over the last E...in french that would make it Vat-chay...No?

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No, evidently. That's what I initially thought, too, but I was speaking to Lesley....she knows him very well and in fact just was at their facility. When we spoke, the pronounced it "VAT-chee"

 

[Nicrez]

Thanks Al! LOL! So what's with the acute accent? If the stress is on the VAT and not the é at the end, it doesn't need a mark, since the first syllable is accented by default...?????




WHAT'S WITH THE FRENCH SPELLING AND THE ODD PRONUNCIATION!? A shiny new penny to anyone who can answer THAT one...

 

[Daniela]

Let's hope that their name is not trying to be French, because if it is it's just plain wrong on more than one level. I find it more likely that it's from some other language.

I'm curious, too, now. Anyone?

 

[asquareguy]

Ok,

The famed designer is Lebanese, explaining his name not following the idea of "French"

pronunciation.

Although I knew of his heritage, I too, wondered how it was pronounced, thanks for the clarifiction!