En réponse à John Cowan <jcowan@...>:
>
> That would be the [tS&mps @'laIziz].
>
They probably thought they were pronouncing it the "right" way... Well, at
least it's not worse than Dubya reading "el jefe" from his cap and
saying "that's French" (especially for someone who pretends he is bilingual
English/Spanish).
> "He called the red wine of France 'Bordox' to the end of his days."
> --I forget who; presumably [bOr'dOks].
>
LOL
> The 1892 comic song by Fred Gilbert, "The Man That Broke The Bank At
> Monte
> Carlo", has as the first line of its chorus:
>
> As I walk along / The [bOIz bu'lON] / With an independent air
>
> which in case you don't recognize it, is the Bois de Boulogne.
>
I did recognise it. And are there really people saying such things?
Christophe.
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