I think there's a difference in French and English- there's an area close to where I live that's pronounced differently than what I believe the French pronounciation is. Anyone know for sure, and not just a calculated guess?
2006-06-25 09:12:53 · 11 answers · asked by Felix Q 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
the area I mentioned gets pronounced Ri-vere-a and I thought it was just because when we (south Africans) name a place after an existing one, we seem to manage to mess the name up- but in The Ring, at the beginning where Amber's character asks where her friend heard about the tape she says "someone from Riviera told me"and she pronounced it Rivere-a - which is why I wondered.
2006-06-25 09:22:44 · update #1
Myself, I'd always heard it, and grown up with the pronunciation like "Riv-ee-era" with the I being a short sound.
Not sure about the difference in pronunciations, but that's not to say that perhaps there aren't...I mean, look at Arkansas. Everyone in Kansas says Ar-kan-saw, while seemingly the rest of the nation says it Ar-Kansas...
2006-06-25 09:18:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Riviera =
Ri, as in rid,
vee
air
uh, as in duh
ri vee air uh
2006-06-25 16:16:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Riviera is pronounced
Riv-e-era
2006-06-25 18:00:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ri-vee-air-uh
2006-06-25 16:16:56 · answer #4 · answered by ratboy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I looked it up on the on-line version of Merriam Webster dictionary. They actually have a link that you can click to hear an audio clip of the word being pronounced correctly.
2006-06-25 16:20:33 · answer #5 · answered by Godsgr8 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Riv ee air ah
2006-06-25 16:31:07 · answer #6 · answered by rockerbaby_1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The temptation is strong to pronounce it, "Riv-ee-era," but I believe the proper way is, "Riv-yer-ah."
2006-06-25 16:18:15 · answer #7 · answered by Vince M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ree (like the French "rit") vee - air- ah
2006-06-25 16:32:47 · answer #8 · answered by Serena 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As it is written: Riviera
2006-06-26 15:24:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Main Entry: ri·vi·era
Pronunciation: "ri-vE-'er-&, ri-'vyer-"
Listen to the pronunciation here: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/Riviera
2006-06-25 16:18:06 · answer #10 · answered by OneRunningMan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋