Re: Asperger's Syndrome and French expressions in English
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, June 26, 2000, 15:56 |
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Nik Taylor wrote:
> Both of those I've heard. But interestingly, pluralization of phrases
> like that tend to be "femme fatales", rather than the French "femmes
> fatales".
Similarly with "Madames" as the plural of "Madame" rather than "Mesdames",
which would invariably come out /mEz'deimz/ in English, quelle horreur....
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