Palace of Beaulieu (Newhall) - Part 1

[itsdaniyeaa]

i live like 2mins from here lol!

[Jakeyboy9925]

Its pronounced Beaulieu Be-u-lie, I should know because New Hall School is my school.

[Bullettube]

My other house is a mansion.

[aimei21]

That's strange to me...as an American we get closer to the French when we say words borrowed from French! Like and an American would say "bow champ" (short A) for beauchamp...interesting. I was a French major at Uni so I guess the whole "beewley" thing just bothered me!

[seehispugnosedface]

it's the norman french pronunciation.

what uni did you get your degree from?

[ladyScarlett88]

I agree! I speak English as well as French and I just stared when I had heard the pronunciation!

[aimei21]

I think the narrator needs to work on his French pronunciation!

[fatmaccam]

if you mean "bewley" instead of "beaulieu", that´s probably the english pronunciation, not the narrator´s poor french. a bit like "beecham" for "beauchamp". but i don´t know the place, so anyone out there in the know is welcome to correct me on this.

[jules6710b]

thats right - the anglicized pronounciation is bewley

[fatmaccam]

cheers, jules.

[guirlandes3]

@fatmaccam Lord Montagu, an old friend, once told me that the ancient French pronunciation of "Beaulieu"s indeed Byou-lee, which is the correct pronunciation of the region, estate and title today in England. Of course, in France, the pronunciation is entirely modern.