• MudMan@kbin.social
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      Well, in Spanish none of the "e"s in “Mercedes” have an accent mark in them, and in Spanish the accent mark only flags the tonic syllable, it doesn’t change the pronunciation.

      So no.

      That’s how you spell that name in French, though. And yes, you do say all those the same there, too.

      • Obi@sopuli.xyz
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        1 year ago

        I’d say they sound slightly different in French, the middle e is a bit lower than the other two.

    • Unimperfect@lemmy.world
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      Except that the name written in Spanish does not have any accent markings, and even if it did, it would not change the pronunciation of the letter. Accent markings over vowels in Spanish simply denote syllable stress.