Have you been pronouncing Camp Lejeune correctly?

I think with all the military cuts that are currently happening money could be better spent than worry about how Camp Lejune is pronouce. But that common sense and we all know that the government doesn't much of that.

There is no such thing as a "former Marine"

Maybe, just maybe, when the LeJeune family came to America, all the REDNECKS and HICKS in Jacksonville, NC had trouble pronoucing it the right way.

"Whats yur name boh? LejuuRRRn? Well, welcome tuh Amurka...."

There is no R in the name and there is no R sound in the pronunciation. It is a classic French sound, famous for the fact that most Americans cannot master it.

Pronouncing it with an R would be even worse and I wouldn't be surprised if this got picked up by a French periodical for the express purpose of making us the target of further ridicule.

BTW, there's no P sound in corpsman, either.

My last name is LeJeune and yes there is an R ish sound in the pronunciation of the name. I have had to deal with people my whole life who would say, "there is no R in the name". It is quite simple. There are other words that everyone accepts that has the R sound without an R in the spelling. Does Colonel (pronounced "kernal") sound familiar. Who stole or forgot to put the R in that word?

So...is the Lejeune family agitating to have it pronounced one way or the other? If the family (including the Marine leader, long deceased, after whom the base was named) pronounces the name a particular way, that's a good reason to pronounce it that way. One thing I do know is that the pronunciation with the "r" is closer to the way it would be pronounced in the original French -- "Lejeune" is a name with French roots, much as "Eisenhower" has roots in the German language, or "Giuliani" in Italian. In fact, in good French, the "r" would not actually be voiced; the "-eune" would sound more like the way someone in England would pronounce "earn" ("eahn"). My last name is "Weber," which my family has always pronounced like "ever" but with a "w" in front, and a "b" sound instead of a "v" sound. But MOST people pronounce my name as though it were "weaver," although with the "b" instead of "v," of course. I say that THEY are incorrect, because my family decided to pronounce it the way we do. On the other hand, when it comes to place names (and "Lejeune" is now a place name in Onslow, not only a family name in Louisiana), local custom is hard to argue with. We have "Kerr Avenue" here in town. Local custom leans toward sounding like "car" (like the actress Deborah Kerr) although many people nonetheless do pronounce it to rhyme with "her" (like the 1950s actor John Kerr). My conclusion: in Onslow, pronounce "Lejeune" the way it has been pronounced for years up there; and in Louisiana, within the family circle and the family's social circle, pronounce it however the family desires.

John A. Lejeune (pronounced: Luh-zshern ) The Camp website does not give the pronunciation, they are not worried about it either. I am there quite a bit everyone says it the same so technically we are not incorrect.

How is the public to know theRe is an R in the pRonunciation if theRe is NO R? We know theRe aRe silent letteRs in woRds but ones that aRe not in the woRd at all aRe also silent. Wouldn't you say? WoRthless news.

My father and uncles fought in WWII and it is always Camp Lejeune without an "R". I will always respect the Marine Corp with the name as LeJeune. Beside, there is a mistake in the spelling of "says", so there is probably a mistake in the placement of R in it. Semper Fi!

LOL! This is ridiculous. Everyone has an accent and pronounces words differently. There is no one single correct way to pronounce any word or name. Anyone who does not agree should take a course in linguistics.

If we have to pronounce it correctly, does this mean they have to spell it correctly and add the left out "R".

Well, I recon this changes things...I recon/I recon/I recon! Does this mean we can drive thru the base once again if we pronounce it correctly at the gate? :-)