 Poster: A snowHead
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Off to Nendaz in January, but I have no idea how to pronounce it. Advice from cunning linguists please.
Or should I continue to tell people I'm off skiing in Nandos?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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'Non-daz' I think.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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It's def Non daz
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Hmm, maybe not such a daft question after all. Two votes for Non daz in this thread, but the other one offers
Narn-de
Nen-daz
Nen-dah
Narn-dez
Any more offers?
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Non Dah
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It's a silent Z and a smaller CHF than Verbier
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Nondah.
Silent zee.
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I think the Z may be optional. Its the same with Avoriaz, I asked a Swiss whether the Z was pronounced or not, the answer was some people do, some don't. I think maybe the locals don't, but they get so may visitors who do, they have given up caring
Similarly there is a town called Bex in the valley, some peole pronounce the X some don't.
Clear as mud?
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You know it makes sense.
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Spud9, Its non-da..................going 12th March for a week, cant wait.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I heard the non/silent z is something to do with Catholic persecution. 'Z' was added to some villages to identify them as protestant/heathen - or sommat like that. Thus those who don't pronounce the 'z' are native. Could be an urban myth tho.
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Poster: A snowHead
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definitely Non-dah 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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An interesting record of the agricultural village life that was undergoing big changes a generation ago as tourism developed, also the local Valaisan dialect, which differs so much from Standard French that they have subtitled it.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Deff Non-Dah
Alfthough the more valasienne locals tend towards Nan-dah!
I bought a place in Ne- Daz, and took a year to find out I was wrong!
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Round here all the az's at the end are silent, eg:
Fogliettaz = Folliette
Arpettaz = Arpette
Gurraz = Goor
So on that basis, I might guess at "Nond".
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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stevomcd, how interesting. I'm used to the provencal way, which seems to voice all final consonants. Gigondas is my favourite example - in many ways! 
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Hurtle, try saying it after a few glasses, hic.
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Hurtle, aye, Gigondas is a good counter example. Always brings a smile to my face actually - we were in the area on holiday years ago. It's my parents' favourite wine and they wanted to go for a bit of a pilgramage. Some (English!) guy at the campsite droned my Dad's ear off about wine for hours and then explained that the reason he was mis-pronouncing the name and so many other French words was down to his Scottish accent.
My Dad has a degree in French and has been teaching the language for over 30 years. He's written a book on learning French and has also been involved in developing the Scottish French exams. It's one of the few times I've ever felt the need to step into a conversation and change the subject very, very swiftly... 
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stevomcd,
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Always brings a smile to my face
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And mine! It's my favourite wine as well and that bit of France is the one I know and love the best.
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