Vincent Le Chevalier wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>> Vincent Le Chevalier wrote:

>>>> BTW, it sounds like "BEH zee ay", according to wikipedia:
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_B%C3%A9zier
>>>>
>>>> no final R sound?
>>>>
>>> Nope, in French the letters "er" at the end of words are generally 

>>
>> So why are the first two sounds different?
>>
> 
> In fact they are not really different :-)
> 
> I guess they transcribed it in this way because of the neighbouring "i" 
> that blends with the last sound a bit. On the other hand I'm not a 
> native English speaker so the transcription is not easy for me to 
> interpret...

It may be subtle but I think the 'er' indicates that after the 'ay' 
sound the vowel is cut off. But then again, I am not a native speaker.



> "i" (pronounced as in "fit"). I don't know if that sort of sound is 
> common in English, I can't find any good example right now...


that may be because both are close to my native 'ee'. And yes I do 
pronounce it quite often as my first name IRL ends in one. Name borrowed 
from the French.


> and none of the numerous variants in English :-)
> 
You mean that there are no dialects in France?

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