FRENCH ALPHABET 
          A      ah                   N           en
          B      Beh                  O           o
          C      sey                  P           peh
          D      deh                  Q           koo
          E      uh                   R           air
          F      eff                  S           ess
          G      zhey                 T           teh
          H      ahsh                 U           ooh
          I      ee                   V           veh
          J      zhee                 W           dooblah-vey
          K      kah                  X           eeks
          L      ell                  Y           ee-grek
          M      em                   Z           zed
            Although the English and French have identical alphabets, the 
            characters do not always represent the same sound in both languages.
        There are 26 scripted letters in the modern French alphabet but 
        there are at least 38 phonic sounds. 
        French is phonetic but the rules are not the ones we are used to. 
                                              FRENCH VOWELS
                  a, à,     ah                Between ‘a’ in hat and ‘a’ in father
                  â
                  e, è,     eh                Like ‘e’ in get 
                  ê
                  e         uh                Like ‘u’ in fur
                                              When the ‘e ‘ is a neutral vowel (also known as Schwa)
                                              Je - Like ‘s’ in pleasure
                  é         ay                Like ‘a’ in late 
                  i         ee                Like ‘e’ in meet
                  o, ô      oh                Like ‘o’ in roll
                  u         ew                Like ‘ew’ in dew 
                                              (round your lips to say ‘oo’ then try to say ‘ee”)
                                              NASAL VOWELS 
                  When a,e,I,o,u is followed by a single ‘n’ or ‘m’  the vowel is 
                  nasalized. The vowel is pronounced simultaneously through 
                  the mouth and nose – more of a vibration than 
                  distinguishable sound.
                  am, an                    Something like ‘arn’ in tarnish          tante
                                                                                     (aunt)
                  em, en                    Generally as above                       entrée
                                                                                     (entrance)
                  ien                       Sounds like ‘yan’ in yanks               Bien
                                                                                     (good)
                  im, in, aim, ain,         Approximately like ‘ang’ in              Instant
                 eim, ein                 rang                                   (moment)
                 om, on                   Approximately like ‘ong’ in            maison
                                          song                                   (house0
                 um, un                   Approximately like ‘ang’ in            brun
                                          rang                                   (brown)
                                             CONSONANTS
                 c     in front of a,     ca       Like ‘c’ in      couteau      koo-too
                       o, ou              (k)      cake             (knife)
                 c     In front of e,     say      Like ‘s’ in      cing         sank
                       i                           sent             (five)
                 ç                        s        Like ‘s’ in sit  ça           sah
                                                                    (that)
                 g     Before e, i, y     zhay Like ‘s’ in          genou        zhen-oo
                                                   measure          (knee)
                 g     Before a,o,u       g        Like ‘g’ in      gâteau       ga-toh
                                                   get
                 h     Always silent
                 j                        zhee Like ‘s’ in          jambe        zhamb
                                                   pleasure         (ham)
                 r                        ehr      Rolled at        rouge        ehroozh
                                                   the back of      (red)
                                                   the mouth 
                                                   like gargling
                 w                        va       Usually like     wagon        vah-gohn
                                                   ‘v’ in voice     (carriage
                                                                    )