Storm Claudia or Storm Clowdier?

Take your pick with pronunciation in Switzerland seeing as they speak German, Italian and French, or even Romansh.

A relative who is Swiss has the pronunciation ‘Clawdia’ (as in Claudia Winkleman), so it seems as if either pronunciation is ok, and isn’t necessarily dependent upon where you were born.

The Play "I Claudius" is pronounced "clawdius.

I know 3 Clowdia,s all of Italian parentage .Have known the oldest one for over 40 years and the youngest is 11 .Clodia is often said mistakenly and instantly corrected by Claudia who is beautiful and feisty woman….a friend of my daughters

My daughter’s name is Claudia pronounced Clawdia. It’s a Latin name and Italians pronounce it as Cloudia as do some other European countries.

It’s definitely (also) the German pronunciation <Clow> dier. As in Claudier Schiffer for instance. The hairdryers etc by Braun - the manufacturers name is or should be, pronounced “Brown” - “au” is pronounced “ow” basically.

RosieandherMaw

Babs03

I knew a German woman who pronounced her name ‘Clowdier’.
On a funnier note, a good Iranian friend of ours who like most Iranians finds it tricky to say ‘th’ called another friend of ours ‘Judas’, her actual name is Judith.

That IS the German pronunciation!

It is also the Danish pronunciaton, and the Italian if I remember correctly, and the Roman emperor Claudius is Clowdius in our neck of the woods.

When it's a bloody storm, who cares?
Precisely, Baggs.

Obviously Clowdier didn't dump rain on anyone here.

I've met three Claudias and two pronounced it Clowdier.

Anyway, Storm Claudia was certainly very much Clowdier and dumped a lot of rain here; don't care how it's pronounced, just concerned about all those who have a huge task on their hands clearing up.

My DD is a Claudia pronounced the same as Claudia Winkleman..
Not Clowdia, which I believed was the European pronunciation.
She's often called Claud by friends, as her mother that drives me mad.

I have an east European friend who pronounces her name (not Claudia btw but similar vowels) the way the locals here do, not the way she would say it and hear it in her home country.

When it's the name of a person, one does what they're comfortable with surely? When it's a bloody storm, who cares?

No need to apologise.
It's an identity crisis both ways!

MartavTaurus

It's LA Voix not LE, because HE wants to express HIMSELF as a SHE and because the word voice is a SHE!
Complicated!

Apologies.

It's LA Voix not LE, because HE wants to express HIMSELF as a SHE and because the word voice is a SHE!
Complicated!

Well she’s English.
Obviously

On Strictly last night, Le Voix made a comment to Claudia about having a storm named after her.

She is ‘Clawdia’ of course.

Babs03

I knew a German woman who pronounced her name ‘Clowdier’.
On a funnier note, a good Iranian friend of ours who like most Iranians finds it tricky to say ‘th’ called another friend of ours ‘Judas’, her actual name is Judith.

That IS the German pronunciation!

The names are chosen by a number ofconsortia of countries depnding on where the storms start.

I assume that whatever country put forward and has a name accepted, that name is pronounced according to that countries language. If we named a storm 'henry' that is the version France would use not, 'Henri'.

So if Spain put forward Claudia as a name, theta would dictate the pronounceation.

When I was young and ‘in luv’ with my first husband he always used to call me Pet, we were friends with some US guys who obviously thought that was my name so I was Pet to them too. Soon everyone knew me as Pet it seemed so weird as we consider it a term of endearment
But yes I would say the English version of Claudia …claw dia

I knew a German woman who pronounced her name ‘Clowdier’.
On a funnier note, a good Iranian friend of ours who like most Iranians finds it tricky to say ‘th’ called another friend of ours ‘Judas’, her actual name is Judith.

No problem Kalu. Perhaps I should have said “mainland Europe”.

BlueBelle

Depends if you want to say it the English or the French way but it doesn’t matter she’s gone on her way now

I always think of Clowdia (as in how) as the German pronunciation.

For myself, I’d pronounce it Clordia.

You’re not alone Greenfinch I notice this quite often from some of us Brits. No idea why but my apologies if I came across as snippy. Every day is a school day. 🙂

I know a French lady called Claudie and she pronounces it Clowdee.

I also have German relatives and their Claudia is pronounced Clawdeea.

Oh dear! Sorry!