Re: OT: Worcestershire sauce
| From: | Tristan McLeay <zsau@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, October 6, 2003, 9:45 |
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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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