Pronunciation of Dessard

[Tom]

Hi

These days I am reading a novel in which two or three names I really cannot pronounce. I would request you to give me the rhyming sounds of the given proper nouns. Sometimes symbols are not easy for me to understand.

1- Dessard (French name???)
2- Coelho (French name???)
3- Bretagne (French name???)

Tom

[Yankee]

Hi Tom

1- Dessard (French name???) Probably French; I'd say "dess-ARD"
2- Coelho (French name???) Seems to be Portuguese:
http://www.logosdictionary.org/sound/bp/4891481_n.wav
3- Bretagne (French name???) Yes, and can be translated as Brittany. Pronunciation of Bretagne:
http://www.answers.com/topic/bretagne-1

Amy

[Conchita]

Dessard said the French way is [de'sa:r] -- with a guttural 'r' (produced in the throat) and without pronouncing the last 'd'.

[Yankee]

[Conchita]