Hermione in the news again.

[Bligh]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVVpsR8XynA

If I have to pronounce it when I use it, I think I'll sell it.

Easy way out for we non linguists is just to drop the first and last letter thus- ermion.
It took Eileen a week of coaching to get me to that stage.
Rob.

[DeRuyter]

Easy way out for we non linguists is just to drop the first and last letter thus- ermion.
It took Eileen a week of coaching to get me to that stage.
Rob.

That's a good way to look at it! I tried listening to a French tourist say it complete with guttural rolling sounds on the "er" part!

[DeRuyter]

Anyone going to see L'Hermione in NY or Boston should try and make it as she sails in or if there is a parade of sail. One of the best parts was the rolling broadside she did before docking. I took a couple of photos but a video would have been awesome. They alternated port/starboard going down the side with four or five guns, very cool. Gives you an idea of how much smoke a broadside would produce.