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Re: OT: Worcestershire sauce

From:michael poxon <m.poxon@...>
Date:Sunday, October 5, 2003, 23:39
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?
Mike



> >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. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get MSN 8 Dial-up Internet Service FREE for one month. Limited time
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