4 ms·
They dropped the easiest part (for English speakers): "eve"
by throwaway744678 4y ago
They dropped the easiest part (for English speakers): "eve"
- dagmx 4y agoOnly if you know that's what it's meant to sound like already. Yves is not intuitively spoken as eve (which is also incorrect but besides the point) by someone who is not familiar with French
- jen20 4y agoI’ve heard several people pronounce it as “wives” while walking around the high rent shopping district that recently popped up near my house.
- davidivadavid 4y agoNo word is "intuitively spoken."
- dagmx 4y agoIf we're talking in absolutes sure, but if you're taking an average person with a knowledge of only English, then Yves doesn't fit into any of the common word patterns a speaker would encounter.