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Old Posted Apr 17, 2018, 3:02 PM
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Originally Posted by lrt's friend View Post
Yes.

Another related to a lumberyard that was in business for 40 years in the same general area. Daoust was always pronounced as Doe relating to this business and the associated family while everybody knew that the correct pronunciation of this name was quite different. I don't know how this came to be, but perhaps, because the community was mainly Anglophone and had a hard time pronouncing the name properly.
I've heard both "doe" and "dah-oo" for Daoust/D'Aoust from people who were actually francophones. Though "dah-oo" is by far the most common way to say it.
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