You would put it at the end - Achilles Then you would say Uh-kill'-eeze - like the tendon that goes up the back of your leg from your heel. At least that's the way it's pronounced by people around here - Massachusetts - so I'm guessing that was what Nancy had in mind? People here do not pronounce French names like a french speaking person would. I was standing in line behind a lady at a store the other day. When she gave her name, she said Duh-Ray'-gun. First, I'm thinking she said The Ray Gun, then it dawned on me - Deragon! First time I heard that. This is why we can't find half our relatives after they move to the US. LOL Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Boivin" <gboivin@telusplanet.net> To: <ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 11:23 AM Subject: Re: [ILSTANNE] Gelineau - Achille > Okay... You got me.... > Where would you put an S in Achille ? > AWE-SHIY - I as in ship... Y as in buy > The CH in French is same as SH in English > > I have 53 Achille in my database but no S > I have 6 Archille in my database but no S > > Over half these guys were called Archie > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <VCrawf@aol.com> > To: <ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 9:39 AM > Subject: Re: [ILSTANNE] Gelineau - Achille > > > > In a message dated 11/2/2005 10:42:40 AM Pacific Standard Time, > > nancy@themallings.com writes: > > and I believe Achille (misspelled) age 12. but no parents > > > > _____________________________ > > Hi. Nancy - I believe that is correct for ACHILLE - no S. I have several > in > > my Chiniquy family and birth records, etc. also show no S. > > > > Regards; > > > > Ginny > > > > > > ==== ILSTANNE Mailing List ==== > You can search or browse through 8.6 million posts on combined Ancestry.com and RootsWeb MESSAGE BOARDS at: > http:boards.ancestry.com/ > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >

Hello Lisa and all, There is no "s" at Achille. We have 2 "tendons d'Achille" but Achille has no "s"... Lou From: "Lisa Lepore" <llepore@comcast.net> Reply-To: ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com To: ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILSTANNE] Gelineau - Achille Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 02:44:17 -0500 You would put it at the end - Achilles Then you would say Uh-kill'-eeze - like the tendon that goes up the back of your leg from your heel. At least that's the way it's pronounced by people around here - Massachusetts - so I'm guessing that was what Nancy had in mind? People here do not pronounce French names like a french speaking person would. I was standing in line behind a lady at a store the other day. When she gave her name, she said Duh-Ray'-gun. First, I'm thinking she said The Ray Gun, then it dawned on me - Deragon! First time I heard that. This is why we can't find half our relatives after they move to the US. LOL Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Boivin" <gboivin@telusplanet.net> To: <ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 11:23 AM Subject: Re: [ILSTANNE] Gelineau - Achille > Okay... You got me.... > Where would you put an S in Achille ? > AWE-SHIY - I as in ship... Y as in buy > The CH in French is same as SH in English > > I have 53 Achille in my database but no S > I have 6 Archille in my database but no S > > Over half these guys were called Archie > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <VCrawf@aol.com> > To: <ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 9:39 AM > Subject: Re: [ILSTANNE] Gelineau - Achille > > > > In a message dated 11/2/2005 10:42:40 AM Pacific Standard Time, > > nancy@themallings.com writes: > > and I believe Achille (misspelled) age 12. but no parents > > > > _____________________________ > > Hi. Nancy - I believe that is correct for ACHILLE - no S. I have several > in > > my Chiniquy family and birth records, etc. also show no S. > > > > Regards; > > > > Ginny > > > > > > ==== ILSTANNE Mailing List ==== > You can search or browse through 8.6 million posts on combined Ancestry.com and RootsWeb MESSAGE BOARDS at: > http:boards.ancestry.com/ > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > ==== ILSTANNE Mailing List ==== You can search or browse through 8.6 million posts on combined Ancestry.com and RootsWeb MESSAGE BOARDS at: http:boards.ancestry.com/ ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx