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Re: Ennui (was Re: Multilingual translation exercise, part 1)

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Monday, June 17, 2002, 22:40
Christopher B Wright wrote:
> > >Dare I ask how anglophones pronounce _ennui_? > > /e.'nu.i/ (with the apostrophe being primary stress) > > Most anglophones would probably say /@'nui/, though.
The few times I've heard that word, I've heard it pronounced /A'nwi/ -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42

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