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I have heard conflicting accounts of the correct pronunciation of this town's name. "Pree," "jeep," and "e-pres" have all been suggested. What is the correct pronunciation for an English speaker?

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Wikipedia gives the pronunciation in French and Dutch: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ypres – Laure May 5 '12 at 13:54

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Using International Phonetic Alphabet it is:

[ipʁ]

A close english pronunciation could be:

e-pr

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