How are you supposed to pronounce Fleur de lys?
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Amy - Sep 10, 2009 6:31:59 am PDT #10738 of 23273
Because books.
brenda m - Sep 10, 2009 6:32:59 am PDT #10739 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I was sad to finally hear Mattin’s accent. Harsh.
It didn't sound like Joël Robuchon even recognized him as a native speaker.
megan walker - Sep 10, 2009 6:37:32 am PDT #10740 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
How are you supposed to pronounce Fleur de lys?
You actually pronounce the s, which is an exception to the general rule, so I wouldn't expect people to know that. However, you'd think with Keller practically a regular they would have figured it out by now. Or, you know, have checked.
It didn't sound like Joël Robuchon even recognized him as a native speaker.
He really didn't sound like one. I had to rewind to verify what he said. But he may have been nervous. He had spoken French in the kitchen earlier, and it sounded totally different.
Amy - Sep 10, 2009 6:58:58 am PDT #10741 of 23273
Because books.
Huh. I didn't know that!
But then my French teachers always despaired of my accent, so.
megan walker - Sep 10, 2009 8:11:53 am PDT #10742 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Well, the assumption should be that you don't pronounce the s. The bigger crime is pronouncing Joël as one syllable, as if she were channeling the Katie Lee bot. In front of him no less! Note: everyone else was saying it correctly.
Amy - Sep 10, 2009 8:22:22 am PDT #10743 of 23273
Because books.
Was it supposed to be Jo-el?
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Kathy A - Sep 10, 2009 8:31:20 am PDT #10744 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I was happy to see Chicago represented by Jean Joho.
Some day, I'll make it to dinner at Everest, I swear! Just because it's there. And good.
megan walker - Sep 10, 2009 10:06:40 am PDT #10745 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Was it supposed to be Jo-el?
Yeah, the accent means you pronounce each vowel separately, as in Noël (Christmas), or the name Loïc. Again, not that one would know that automatically, but everyone else I heard said it right, so it was clearly out there in the ether.
Kathy A - Sep 10, 2009 10:29:20 am PDT #10746 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Kat, I'm reading your blog entry for last night's SYTYCD, and I so agree on just about everything, including the hotness of Phillip, the Day 2 tapper. He reminds me of the young Harry Belafonte, but maybe even sexier.
Jesse - Sep 10, 2009 10:38:25 am PDT #10747 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You actually pronounce the s, which is an exception to the general rule, so I wouldn't expect people to know that.
I did not know that! Man, I feel like I have been failed by someone -- not sure who -- all these years.