Germain D'Hangest

[mika antic]

Anybody knows how to pronounce Germain D'Hangest surname? Is the "st" sillent or not?

Thanks.

[Frank]

I'd pronounce the "st".

[mika antic]

Thanks, Frank.

[Federico Miguel Olbes]

Germain d'Hangest was my professor at the Sorbonne in 1972 or 73 and I would have private tutorials with him from time to time. His last name is pronounced with the st, with the second syllable pronounced exactly like the French word GESTE.