Dumb Question from someone that should know better

[ClayW]

I'm just going to ask......pride be damned.

How does one pronounce "Chamonix"?

I can't be the only one.

[Blau02(MN)]

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chamonix

[MAD02]

Chamonix. Chay-moan-ix. Right?

[esty]

i've always thought [shaw mu neks]

i believe it would be proper however to say...shaw mo nea

[MAD02]

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chamonix

Damn. I was way wrong!

[BillWilliams]

I have heard

sham a nee

[auggiemize]

Shaw-Mow-Knee, same as Bill said.....Dave V. in NC

[Harv]

I used to say Cham in oix till Andy S said Sham in nu.

John

[THE1ST3]

I'm just going to ask......pride be damned.

How does one pronounce "Chamonix"?

I can't be the only one.

You are NOT the only one...LOL

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=236053

[martinsmith]

both are used.... when I was in Chamonix I heard the locals pronounce it with a hard eX but many in France do not... I being half French don't use the hard eX...

[c.d.iesel]

NOT shamm-wow !

but shamm-o-knee

[Guest Anonymous]

How does one pronounce "Chamonix"?

Hey, I just saw this advert on TV !

It's gotta be SHAM-WOW 'cuz the Germans always make good stuff!

[wagnerf15]

Isn't it pronounced, "white"?

[jgerock]

Similiar to "Jam On It"

[ClayW]

Isn't it pronounced, "white"?

Best answer.