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How do you pronounce Carnivàle?


Is it just like carnival but the vàle is like the vol in volunteer?

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I think it's Carn-nee-val.

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yeah. i think that's it. That's what i though. I found an old clip of the main girl on an old talkshow on Youtube and that's how they said it.

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Yeah, that's how it's pronounced in interviews.

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Daniel Knauf, who wrote and created the series, calls it Carna-Vol. which is the proper pronunciation of the word in french

people who say Carnee-Vol derive that from the term "Carny" which was a derogatory name fiven to the people in the shows

the "freaks", if you will

so the non inflamatory pronunciation is Knaufs

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The hell are you talking about? Knauf has stated it's pronounced "car-nee-vӕl".

Where the "vӕl" has the ӕ sound like in the word "ash".

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Car-Knee-VarL Lower sound on the "l"

In England we would say

CarKnee-vAl but the french would say it as above with the accent on the A, and it sounds much better.

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