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Peter Duncanson
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| Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 3:29 pm
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On Mon, 8 Aug 2005 11:12:25 +0200, "apprentice" <mailpawel@wp.pl> wrote:
Is this the word?
bouquet http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=9103&dict=CALD
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Are there any other words taken from French that you pronounce alike?
Pawe³ from Poland
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Nick Wagg
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| Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:21 pm
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"apprentice" <mailpawel@wp.pl> wrote in message
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bouquet?
| Quote: | Are there any other words taken from French that you pronounce alike?
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Entente, entendre, menage, esprit, corps, laissez faire, haricot (although
many people pronounce the "h") to name but a few.
I guess that French words that were adopted a long time ago probably
have anglicised pronunciations while those which have been adopted
more recently, since French was taught in schools, say, are pronounced
much as the French say them. It probably depends on whether the word
gets into circulation before the uneducated get hold of it.
It also depends on whether a French word or phrase sounds like a
phrase in English, in which case it is often mangled, like
"merci beacoup et s'il vous plait" becomes "mercy buckets and silver
plates".
"Bouquet" often becomes "bucket" for humorous reasons.
"Billet doux" became "billy doo" to my grandparents' generation.
Mind you, the French do much the same:
"Thank you very much" becomes "Sans cailloux, vers ni mouches".
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apprentice
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| Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 8:03 pm
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Uzytkownik "Peter Duncanson" <mail@peterduncanson.net> napisal w wiadomosci
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Exactly.
Thanks
I wrote bouqet without "U". Therefore I stuck and couldn't get rid of this
word from my mind.
| Quote: | Are there any other words taken from French that you pronounce alike?
Pawe³ from Poland
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If I make any mistake especially with prepositions correct me please.
Regards,
Pawel from Warsaw, Poland |
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Molly Mockford
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| Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 2:15 am
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At 16:03:54 on Mon, 8 Aug 2005, apprentice <mailpawel@wp.pl> wrote in
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| Quote: | I wrote bouqet without "U". Therefore I stuck and couldn't get rid of this
word from my mind.
If I make any mistake especially with prepositions correct me please.
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In which case, you should have written:
'I wrote "bouqet" without the "U"' or even 'I wrote "bouqet" without the
second "U"'
and
Therefore I got stuck
Hope this helps!
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ADPUF
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| Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 3:53 am
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on 22:15, lunedì 8 agosto 2005, Molly Mockford wrote:
| Quote: | I wrote bouqet without "U". Therefore I stuck and couldn't get
rid of this word from my mind.
If I make any mistake especially with prepositions correct me
please.
In which case, you should have written:
'I wrote "bouqet" without the "U"' or even 'I wrote "bouqet"
without the second "U"'
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Isabelle Hamey
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