DUMB question- HCB... how do you pronounce his name?

[Kyle]

OK, I know this is a really dumb question, but I don't really know much about the French language, and I've never heard his name actually mentioned (only read) so I have no idea how to actually pronounce Henri Cartier-Bresson. I'm sure I'd sound like a dumb American if I were to say "Hen-ree Car-tee-er Bress-uhn" 🙄

Thanks in advance for curing my stupidity!

 

[planetjoe]

en Francais.

en Francais.

You're close:

"Ahn-ree Cah-tee-ay Bress-ohn"

...I think.


j.

 

[f/stopblues]

There's a few things photographic that I have yet to know how to say. Even some things that I commonly type on forums and know a little about, such a Rollei.. I have no idea how to say that. Or Robert Capa, I've always assumed is "Cap-ah". Is that right? There's a slew of others I can't think of right now. Maybe a side effect of learning all these things in print and on the internet, instead of actually conversing about them? I found a pronounciation guide for photography gear one time on the internet that was very helpful when I was trying to figure out how the heck to say Summicron 😀

 

[darkkavenger]

bah.. Henri Cartier-Bresson, in frenchie 🙂 (see sound file in attachment)

 

[back alley]

ro lee

you got capa

 

[Robin Harrison]

While we're on the topic, how does one pronounce:

Kertesz? (ker-tez?)
Szarkowski? (zar-kow-ski?)

 

[Ash]

On-ree car-tee-air bwe/bre-sonne

or thats how a few years of french GCSE taught me to.

that said, I pronounce Rollei - Ro-lee, and such Leica seemed like it should be Lee-cah not Lie-cah.

 

[Fedzilla_Bob]

Curt edge 🙂

 

[RicardoD]

Rollei = "Ro Lee" I've always pronounced it "Ro Lay" Doh!

 

[johne]

Darkkadvenger,

My thanks! I marvel at such info now available here. Live from Prague to Paducah! Boggles the mind as least to one as old as I.
Again, thanks.
Johne

 

[Silva Lining]

Hmm I always thought it was Rol-eye.

 

[jacema]

LEI in German is pronounced exactly like the English word Lie.

Jacques.

 

[afaceinthecrowd]

We have an older German tech that pronounces Rollei ... Roll-eye. Boy can he fix'em right.

dan 😀

 

[RicardoD]

Ok, now I'm lost. Next time I am in a fancy camera store I will just ask for that really expensive German camera and I should get what I am looking for.

 

[Kyle]

Thanks for the help.

Another one I alwasy mispronounced was vignette. I would always pronounce it vig-net, until I found out its pronounced vin-yet.

 

[cp_ste.croix]

Thanks for the help.

Another one I alwasy mispronounced was vignette. I would always pronounce it vig-net, until I found out its pronounced vin-yet.

heh...that reminds me of being corrected by my mother after telling her I went to the fizican instead of the physician...I think I was about 20 at the time...lol.

 

[John Camp]

"Ok, now I'm lost. Next time I am in a fancy camera store I will just ask for that really expensive German camera and I should get what I am looking for."

YEAH! And you might even get one that's better than a Roll-eye.

I've always heard Ondray Ker-TESH

Capa was not Capa's real name; his given name was Andrei Friedmann. His brother's name was not Capa either, and Cornell Capa pronounces it Cah-Pah.

Szarkowski, of course, is an American name, and is pronounced like all American names: Tzar-cow-ski, with just a barely audible "t' before the z, like in Tsar.

JC

 

[Finder]

Adams pronounced ad-ams.

Newman pronounced new-man

Salgado pronounced sal-ga-do

 

[Finder]

Szarkowski, of course, is an American name, and is pronounced like all American names.

JC

Really? Would that be a Deneh (Navajo) name? Or perhaps of Huron deviation? (And I always thought is was European.)

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

On-ree car-tee-air bwe/bre-sonne

😱 😱 😱
I've heard how on the BBC they pronounce "Champs Elysee" like Champs Ayl-EE-say and Jacques Chirac like "Jack's ShEE-rack" ::shudder::

I know on the other side of the pond they shudder on how we pronounce things too, so the Universe is all balanced 😉