Tuesday, December 6, 2011

How do you pronounce 'sartre' as in jean-paul sartre?

Sart.|||Its hard to describe in writing. Its in two syllables with the emphasis on the first: SART-ruh. The second syllable is voiced toward the back of the throat as if you are just barely bumping the uvula (that little hangy-down thing dangling at the back of your throat) with the back of your tongue. Almost but not quite as if you were quietly gargling.





Sorry, but that's the best I can do.|||For the most part the "r" and the "e" are silent. as in "Montmartre."|||I was exposed to existentialism.Have they found a cure?|||Saart. The "re" is not silent but supressed. It is ONE SYLLABLE.

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