Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:
>
> > Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 06:49:34 -0400
> > From: John Cowan <jcowan@...>
> >
> > Christopher B Wright scripsit:
> > > ennui*.
> > >
> > > *I don't actually know what this word means.
> >
> > "Boredom". How it caught on in (some kinds of) English, when there is
> > a perfectly good native word with a transparent etymology, is quite
> > beyond me.
>
>Ennui is the word used by people who know more French than is good for
>them, and who feel that they're too good for boredom.
Dare I ask how anglophones pronounce _ennui_?
Andreas
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