Re: OT: Worcestershire sauce
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, October 6, 2003, 0:53 |
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michael poxon scripsit:
> 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?
Oh, we anglicize "ll", but we pronounce final consonants in more or
less French fashion and keep final stress ("garage" is /g@"r\AZ/ ~
/g@"r\AdZ/, e.g.)
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