Louis Victor Pierre Raymond de Broglie's surname is pronounced:

de BROY 16% (59 votes)
de BRO-lee 24% (91 votes)
de BROY-lee 19% (71 votes)
de BRO-glee 19% (71 votes)
de BROY-glee 2% (7 votes)
Using a Gallic vocal sound that no American can match, so feel free to chose one of the above at random every time you need to cite his name. The French love that. 16% (60 votes)
Some other option that I will explain in a comment. 3% (10 votes)
I object to polls about people with foreign names. 2% (6 votes)

Total Votes: 375

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2 Comments

Jim - 16 years ago

So... does anyone know how its supposed to be pronounced?
Carolyn - 16 years ago

I would have guess bro-GLEE, with some nice french throatiness to the sound. At least, that's how I'd try.

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