Yeah. Why is French word even in the English dictionary?

Oct 15, 2020
6:16:49am

South_A All-American

When you put it in the English dictionary it now becomes an English word and the pronunciation has the opportunity to be altered enitirely.
So, the French word is said one way and the English word can be said in a totally different manner.

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"Rendezvous" almost every time I read it, I mispronounce it... Think I'd learn

Cougar8Duck

10/15/20 1:05am

Most Americans mispronounce it.

Crowgar

10/15/20 1:25am

I like ron-day-voo better than whatever this is.

Mike Honcho

10/15/20 1:39am

Pronouncing foreign words as if you were speaking that language is grating

eysikal

10/15/20 1:42am

If you can say Honcho, you can say Hōndezvous. 😄

Crowgar

10/15/20 1:43am

I don’t even know what that is or how it’s supposed to sound

Mike Honcho

10/15/20 1:52am

But are you saying Honcho right?

Repete397

10/15/20 8:46am

Other than the French R, you basically are and I would make fun of anybody using a French R unless speaking French

Solomon Levi

10/15/20 7:48am

It's not a mispronunciation in America if most people say it that way

zuko

10/15/20 1:43am

Yeah. Why is French word even in the English dictionary?

South_A

10/15/20 6:16am

It's now an English word with a french origin.

A Drew Aitch

10/15/20 7:58am

French orgin but not the same word. Its a different language.

South_A

10/15/20 10:00am

So..."Nicaragua" = "Nee-kay-RAH-wah," then?

PGVikingDad

10/15/20 6:19am

Not ‘kay’. More like like “cah”

Cougarclaw

10/15/20 7:11am

Not “wah” either.

eysikal

10/15/20 8:17am

Lesson: Shouldn't try to pronounce foreign words like a native speaker.

PGVikingDad

10/15/20 8:37am

That actually depends on which spanish accent you're using

Cougarclaw

10/15/20 8:44am

How about “epitome”?

ldssdl

10/15/20 1:54am

And ad-vert-is-ment

Y05

10/15/20 3:27am

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jcougars7

10/15/20 3:44am

"I'm the epitome of public enemy" Thanks Rivers.

sethj250

10/15/20 4:12am

Just remember the 101st Airborne (Air Assault) Division's motto

ral1988

10/15/20 3:12am

Every language bends foreign words to conform, sometimes hilariously.

ReyOso

10/15/20 5:55am

Japanese does things like that, too.

BYUHgrad

10/15/20 6:08am

Still remember the first tine I read the word "fatigue"

South_A

10/15/20 6:20am

RE: "Rendezvous" almost every time I read it, I mispronounce it... Think I'd

FastForward

10/15/20 8:35am

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