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Discussion Groups / British English / August 2005french words
Pronunciation: ballet http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=5731&dict=CALD beret http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=7029&dict=CALD bunch of flowers ...also but I forgot spelling Are there any other words taken from French that you pronounce alike? Pawe³ from Poland >Pronunciation: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >bunch of flowers ...also but I forgot spelling Is this the word? bouquet http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=9103&dict=CALD >Are there any other words taken from French that you pronounce alike? > >Pawe³ from Poland  SignaturePeter Duncanson UK (posting from u.c.l.e) >>Pronunciation: >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Is this the word? > bouquet http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=9103&dict=CALD Exactly. Thanks I wrote bouqet without "U". Therefore I stuck and couldn't get rid of this word from my mind. >>Are there any other words taken from French that you pronounce alike? >> >>Pawe³ from Poland If I make any mistake especially with prepositions correct me please. Regards, Pawel from Warsaw, Poland At 16:03:54 on Mon, 8 Aug 2005, apprentice <mailpawel@wp.pl> wrote in <9f494$42f76655$540aa681$26169@news.chello.pl>: >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"' and Therefore I got stuck Hope this helps! SignatureMolly Mockford They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety - Benjamin Franklin (My Reply-To address *is* valid, though may not remain so for ever.) >>I wrote bouqet without "U". Therefore I stuck and couldn't get >>rid of this word from my mind. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > 'I wrote "bouqet" without the "U"' or even 'I wrote "bouqet" > without the second "U"' Polish has no articles. Signature°¿° > >>Pronunciation: > >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Is this the word? > > bouquet http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=9103&dict=CALD > Exactly. > Thanks If you wish to keep up appearances, don't pronounce it like "bucket". http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/k/keepingupappeara_7773960.shtml > Pronunciation: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > bunch of flowers ...also but I forgot spelling bouquet? > Are there any other words taken from French that you pronounce alike? 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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