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Re: OT: Worcestershire sauce

From:Tristan McLeay <zsau@...>
Date:Monday, October 6, 2003, 9:45
On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Christophe Grandsire wrote:

> En réponse à michael poxon : > > > >I've never heard "fillet" pronounced that way before! But if you were trying > >to not naturalise the word, wouldn't it be pronounced /fIjei/ instead? > > Since the word is "filet" with a single l, the pronunciation will be with > /l/ anyway, naturalised or not. And I've never heard the word "filet" used > in English pronounced any other way but /fIlei/ (and the only cooking > programs I've ever seen are all British).
'Filet', being a French word, would be pronounced in a less nativised way. 'Fillet', being an English word, would probably be pronounced in a nativised way. -- Tristan <kesuari@...> Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement. -- Snoopy

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