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Show HOW TO PRONOUNCE 'EM 1 1 (Below are given names of French J towns, rivers and sections, 3ome of j which have already oeen passed in the Allied offensive now under way, and others of which lie in the immediate imme-diate forefront of the battle lines, ia indicating pronunciation it must be remembered re-membered that it is not always possible possi-ble to supply an exact English equivalent equiv-alent for a (Latin sound, but every effort ef-fort has been made to bring the sound as near the French as possible. Where a consonant or syllable is shown in parenthesis the enclosed sound should be dwelt upon but very lightly giving the merest indication of its presence in pronouncing the word. Svllab'es art pronounced without accent but the longest stress 1b on the last: Name v Pronunciation ' AJsne Ain Anizy ......... i... An-easee Bailleul Bah-yul Bapaume Bah-pome Bralsne (Brain Bullecourt . . .". Boolcoor Cambrai Con (g) -bray Chauny i. Shoo-nee Chauteau Thierry . . . .Shatae-tee-eree Chemln des Dames . .Sh'man-day-dahm Coucy ..V Coosee Croisellea ... . . . . . rwa-sell Fampoux ,. "Fam-poo Fismes Feem Fresnes Frayn Fresnoy Fray-nwah Guiscaid .... .Gis-mar (hard J) Ham An(g) rfuvieny ...w. Zhu-vin-yee La Fere ... La-fair Laon La-on (g) Lassigny Lass-oenyee Le Cateiet Le Catlay Luneville Lunayveel Montdldier ........... Mon(g)didyay Nesle NaW Neullly Mew-yee Noyon Nwa-yon(g) Olse Wahz Ourcq Oork Peronne i Pay-rone Pion Pee-on(g) Pont Arcy Pon(g)-tarsee Reims... .(Reems in Eng. iRaua ln F) RoiscI v Rwah-zell Roye Rwah SoisBons Swa-eon(g) Somme Somm St. Oobaln San-Go-ban(g) St. Xeger SamLh-ehay St (Mlhiel SanMe-el St. Quentin .San-Kan-ta(n) St. Simon .San-see-mon(g) Thilloy Tillwa Toul Tool !Vailly Vah-yee Vesle Vale Vaux' Vo Wouevre Wuv(r) Ypres Bep(r) |