Re: Non-English US Proper Name Pronunciation: 'Boisfeuillet'!


mb wrote:

some nonsense, assuming that it was a double-barrelled last name.

It is, as you already suggested, the guy's first name! Wow. Almost
worse than naming your daughter Kimberly or Mackenzie.

I'd say don't pronounce it. The subject doesn't expect it: He sensibly
provided the alternative, Bo.

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