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Old 04-08-2010, 12:07 PM   #11
Urbane Guerrilla
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Yah. That listmaker was as innocent of French as of Spanish; somewhat tin of ear. The Q in coq should be pronounced, though for the true French sound, not as powerfully as a final consonant would be en anglais. Et cetera. Unless you're maybe Canadian.

Fi-lay, SG. Not enough L's to give any Y sound; that takes a pair. English tends to wobble between both spellings, and use both pronunciations depending on whether you Englishicate or Frenchify.

The poor fellow hadn't the huevos to tackle Au Jus.
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