Re: Pronounce Galois

From: Michael Lockhart (ml1000_at_bellsouth.net)
Date: 10/27/04 

Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 00:01:25 -0400

"Marcel Martin" <mm@ellipsa.no.sp.am.net> wrote in message
news:417F1989.932F68EE@ellipsa.no.sp.am.net...
> Geert-Jan Uytdewilligen a écrit :
>> [...]
>> Fourier foe-RJER, oe as in do, E as in day
>
> E as in metal and the final R is unpronounced

What are you talking about? He was French. Fourier is pronounced like
Foor-ee-ay. The beginning syllable is kind of like "Coors" beer, the second
syllable is the letter "e", the third is like the letter "a". Of course,
they're shoved together, so it's like Fooriyay.

Michael