Re: CHAT French undies (was: Re: Linguistic Terminology)

Raimundus A. Brown scripsit:

> Weird - why pronounce and ending spelt/spelled -RIE as /rei/ or /rej/ ???
Go figure.  But it is the most common Murkin pronunciation, as
confirmed by MWC10: ['lan dZR ej] where R = American syllabic "r".
They list plenty of other pronunciations as well, though, with
nasalized [a], final [i], [Z] instead of [dZ], and final stress,
as well as combinations thereof.

But English French (or American, in this case) is always more or
less fractured: "Mayday = m'aidez", "double entendre = double
entente", "chaise longue = chaise lounge [lawndZ]", "vicar = cur\'e,
curate = vicaire" (my favorite).

--
John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)