How do you pronounce "Yseult" ?

Hoover · #1 02-19-2010, 11:03 AM

former bassist for White Zombie Sean Yseult...how do you pronounce her last name?

I was thinking it could be pronounced "weasel"...

KimblesNimble · #2 02-19-2010, 11:10 AM

I always went with "yis-alt"

bongomania · #3 02-19-2010, 11:12 AM

I read it as sounding like "ee-soul".

Bassmingo · #4 02-20-2010, 07:01 AM

ee-zult?

bass12 · #5 02-20-2010, 07:44 AM

Proper French pronunciation would be "ee-zoh" with a rounding of the lips at the end (a little different from how most North Americans would probably pronounce "oh". Having said that, a lot of French names aren't pronounced the way they "ought to be" in non-French speaking parts of North America.

aikakone · #6 02-20-2010, 07:33 PM

Huh... I'd always thought it was "eh-soo-elt" or even "yes-oo-elt". Granted, I was never sure what was right. Curious for a definitive answer.

Devil Musick · #7 02-20-2010, 10:59 PM

she pronounces it "ee-zoh"

hrodbert696 · #8 02-21-2010, 05:31 AM

It's an old medieval name, as in Tristan and Iseult. Also appears spelled "Isolde," especially in Germanic-language versions (i.e. Wagner). You want to hint at the ending "t" without completely pronouncing it, ee-SOUL(t). (the way a lot of people say "hint" or "built" without really enunciating the t, it affects the ending sound even though it's not actually spoken).

bass12 · #9 02-21-2010, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by hrodbert696

It's an old medieval name, as in Tristan and Iseult. Also appears spelled "Isolde," especially in Germanic-language versions (i.e. Wagner). You want to hint at the ending "t" without completely pronouncing it, ee-SOUL(t). (the way a lot of people say "hint" or "built" without really enunciating the t, it affects the ending sound even though it's not actually spoken).

The way I see it, the name "Yseult" would be pronounced differently from "Isolde". The origin of both names is the same, but that doesn't mean you would pronounce them the same way (no more than you would pronounce "Peter" the same way as "Pierre" or "Piotr").

Richard Lindsey · #10 02-21-2010, 03:48 PM

I met an Irish girl with that name in Dublin once. She pronounced it IZ-ult. Which is not to say that that's more correct than any other way....

brothernewt · #11 02-21-2010, 03:52 PM

I always assumed it was an art school spelling of a punkrock stage name pronounced "assault". Just a guess though.