WALLABECK?
HOOLABECK?
HOWLBECK?
HABECK? HEEBECK?
HOLLABECK?
WHO-EL-BECK?
HOWLABECKA?
HOOBECK?
HABECK?
HEEBECK?
HULA-BECK?
Ho-ella-beck?
The French pronucuation and therefore the correct one is ''WELLBECK''.
But many TV and radio reporters worlwide outside France are mis-pronouncing his last name in a variety of ways, as listed above. You can HEAR these mis-pronunciations on several YouTube news site where Monsieur Houellebecq is interviewed or in news reports outside France.
Mr. Fernandes
on August 31, 2006
Houellebecq = WEL BEK
Anonymous
on September 5, 2006
''OO ELL BEK,'' but it'll sound like "WEL BEK" to most English speakers because the "OO ELL" is pronounced so quickly.
(The H is silent, and "ou" in French is like English "oo".)
2 comments:
Mr. Fernandes
on August 31, 2006
Houellebecq = WEL BEK
Anonymous
on September 5, 2006
''OO ELL BEK,'' but it'll sound like "WEL BEK" to most English speakers because the "OO ELL" is pronounced so quickly.
(The H is silent, and "ou" in French is like English "oo".)
wallabeck
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