Denys Beauchemin wrote:
>
> It's pronounced in three syllables, thus:   Beau like Bo Derek;  che almost
> like Che'vrolet; the last one is a toughy because there is no English
> equivalent: min like main but without the long n at the end, it's a very
> short sound.
 
As one from the south who learned Denys' name, let me butcher it for you;)
The first name is *not* Dennis or Denise.  It is Da' knee (with a short a).
The 's' is silent (I guess something to do which that French stuff:).
 
The last name, as Denys has pointed out, is tough.  I like the Bo Derek
part 8-).  I always thought of the 'che' more like a soft 'scha', again
with the short a.  The 'min' is easy (rememer your French, "add any
letter you like on the end, just *never* pronounce it.").  Remove the
'n' and pronounce the 'i' as a long 'a':  ma  (not ma, as in "Hey, ma,
would you get pa and come help me."), but ma (as in May, without the
'y').  So, in the end you have:
 
   Da' knee    Bo scha' ma
 
Larry "butcher of Denys name for years now" Boyd