Whether they soon become ministers or sit on the benches of the opposition, it is a matter of French tradition to be able to complain about future elected officials from the New Popular Ecological and Social Union, or Nupes.
So you might as well know how to pronounce this acronym, which has not ceased to create confusion since its creation.
Even within the formation (and even within our editorial staff), there are the fans of the "Nupe", those who swear only by the "Nupesse", and even the hipsters holding the "Nupse" ( as in "send nupes").
Jean-Luc Mélenchon himself has fun with the "first subject of divergence" in the alliance, juggling between pronunciations, when Sandrine Rousseau listed them at the launch of her campaign.
It was therefore necessary that the policeman of the French language intervene.
Questioned by a journalist from LCP, the French Academy decided in the direction of the “Nupe”, evoking the transformation of the acronym into “full name”, since one does not pronounce “by detaching all the letters NUPES”.
Thus, the service of the Dictionary referred to the use of the silent final "s", as in "certainly".
"Logic would dictate that we pronounce 'nupe' with the same pronunciation as the last letters of 'skirt'", concludes the Academy.
End of debate?
Not really, since she then tells TF1Info that "Since it's an acronym, it's possible to pronounce all the letters: that's what we do for the Capes".
“I answered a little quickly”, admits the service of the Dictionary, which evokes a “poorly fixed use”.
So not sure that the Academy, nor this article, will make you change your pronunciation.
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Jean-Luc Melenchon
French Academy