Re: CHAT: IPA Question

Christophe Grandsire scripsit:

> You got it the wrong way round. Originally they were both spelt "françois"
> and "danois"
Oops, yes.

Christophe Grandsire iterum scripsit:

> Nitpicker's note: unless you Americans have messed it up completely, it's *ris*-
> de-veau,
Well, there are a sufficiency of hits for "riz de veau", and I even found
this list at http://users.swing.be/recettes/cuisine_1829/cuisine_toc.htm :

* Ris de veau en bigarrure
* Ris de veau en caisse
* Ris de veau en fricandeau
* Ris de veau frits
* Ris de veau en pa^te' chaud de crou^te de riz
* Riz de veau en papillote
* Ris de veau a` la poulette
* Ris de veau aux truffes

Doubtless the legitimate appearance of "riz" in the previous line
unduly influenced whoever typed these.

> [T]he only word sounding similar to "ris" which has something to do
> with laughing is "ri", the past participle: "laughed") is completely
> accidental. We *do* have homophones in French ;))) .
This is what I had in mind; I should have said "laugh of a calf", which
also has the virtue of rhyming most etabnannimously.

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