> > Anyway, until recently I would've put someone who ordered a
>/fIlei/-o-fish
> > into the same category as someone who shops at [ta:Z&i], till I
>discovered
> > that Americans (and one presumes the English) pronounce 'fillet' in a
>way
> > other than /fIl@t/.
>
>I think only North Americans say /fi"lei/. It's part of our
>general tendency not to naturalize foreign words (as much).
And serious cooks world-wide.
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