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Does anybody know how to pronounce "Wycleff Jean"? I mean, the way he would pronounce it.

Maclin Horton

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  1. Janet

    presumably

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  2. Craig

    According to Wikipedia:
    Haitian Creole pronunciation: [wajklɛf ʒã]
    English pronunciation: /ˈwaɪklɛf ˈʒɑːn/
    Of course, I don’t know how to translate that into sound.

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  3. Mac

    I keep saying “wye cliff gene”, and I thought it probably should be “wye clef zhawn”. Which may be what those symbols mean.
    Ha ha, Janet.

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  4. Janet

    Well, I found a YouTube where somebody Haitian said Y-clef–like a treble clef.
    AMDG

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  5. Janet

    And “Jean” of course like Jean Claude Killy.
    AMDG

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  6. Janet

    Why do we want to know?
    AMDG

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  7. Mac

    We’re tired of seeing it in print and figuring we’re hearing it wrong in our heads, but not being sure what it’s supposed to sound like. Aren’t we?

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  8. Janet

    LOL. I never saw it before I read it here.
    AMDG

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  9. Mac

    Well, I was familiar with his name as a musician, but he’s been in the news a lot over the past few days because he’s running for president of Haiti.

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