Originally Posted by ima.newbie
My boyfriend says it's pronounced shu meece but I think it's shammy. Settle this for us, please.....
The French pronunciation would be something like "shah-MWAAH" (with "ah" being the vowel in "father"). Many English speakers say it more like "sham-WAH" (with the vowel in the first syllable being the vowel in the word "back").
And yes, I have lived in France and can actually speak, read, and write French near fluently, so I know what I'm talking about.