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World Cup of Soap Operas - The Matches
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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 184462" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>Sometimes when I hear Steph's surname (that is, the non-haughty "bee-chum" pronunciation), in my head I "see" the original French spelling "Beauchamp", (which of course is always <a href="https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/235836/beauchamp-beacham-phonetically-spelled">pronounced "bee-chum"</a> in the UK). It just seems more suitably glamorous for Stephanie.</p><p></p><p>Like many words of French origin (Belvoir, Beaulieu, etc), pronunciation of the name was Anglicised here owing to historical views that it was highly pretentious (and, who knows, possibly dangerous) to attempt the French pronunciation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 184462, member: 23"] Sometimes when I hear Steph's surname (that is, the non-haughty "bee-chum" pronunciation), in my head I "see" the original French spelling "Beauchamp", (which of course is always [url=https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/235836/beauchamp-beacham-phonetically-spelled]pronounced "bee-chum"[/url] in the UK). It just seems more suitably glamorous for Stephanie. Like many words of French origin (Belvoir, Beaulieu, etc), pronunciation of the name was Anglicised here owing to historical views that it was highly pretentious (and, who knows, possibly dangerous) to attempt the French pronunciation. [/QUOTE]
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