How to Pronounce Richard Gauthier?

[seabm7]

He introduced himself in this interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iikriikuexs

To me, his name sounds like "Goh-chee". Is it a Quebec pronunciation?

 

[muffinplus]

It's not pronounced Goh-chee. Goutyeee is more like it. No ch in there

His pronunciation isn't particularly Quebec

 

[seabm7]

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[seabm7]

It's not pronounced Goh-chee. Goutyeee is more like it. No ch in there

His pronunciation isn't particularly Quebec

Thank you!

 

[muffinplus]

Well maybe the long "au" is a bit Quebec sounding , as I think that sound may be shorter in European French, but yeah, no "ch" in there

 

[danafan]

It's a feature of Quebec french where you affricate after "t" and "d" before a stressed syllable (putting an s or a z sound after it). That's what you're hearing.

 

[shutterbug]

I grew up with a girl whose surname was Gauthier. She pronounced it Goht-chay with a bit of slurring on tch. However, although we do have a large French-speaking population here in Manitoba, Canada, the dialect may be slightly different than that in Quebec.

 

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

I always thought his surname was pronounced SMITH.

 

[Jot the Dot Dot]

~bad joke time~ "Didja hear about the cheese factory that exploded in Quebec? It was a horrible mess, all that was left was debris!"