[gaijin]

Giz LAYNE

the “G” is hard, not soft.

I always get it wrong, though cuz I speak French, too (keep it quiet, though), and in France that name is common and it gets a soft G.

The proper English pronunciation always sounds super weird to me.

[Jim Noble]

Je parle francais aussi

And I think it’s Zhi Lane

[DUMBGRUNT]

Thanks

[golux]

On dirait “she-SLAIN.”

[kiryandil]

Beauchamp:

FR: Bow-shamp

ENG: Beech-am

[punchamullah]

My high school classmate Ghislaine Van H.....m called her self GeeLANE, the ‘s’ silent. But, then, she was Belgian.