>>Piotr is right, except for the
monosyllabic Louis: there's a difference between <lui> [lwi] &
<Louis> [lui].
>Must be a question
of accent. I was taught to say <lui> [lYi] and <Louis> [lwi], both
monosyllabic but with different glides (as word-initially in <huit>
[Yi(t)] and <oui> [wi]). Piotr
You may be right that monosyllabic [lYi] is
a better representation of <lui> than [lwi]. <Louis> rhymes to
<oui>, both [ui] IMO (yes, very short u). When French speaking people
(Walloons) pronounce (Belgian) Dutch <wie>, they often say [ui] instead of
[wi]. The difference is not very big, but clearly audible.
Marc