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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.
Huh. I didn't know that!
But then my French teachers always despaired of my accent, so.
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.
Was it supposed to be Jo-el?
All I know is, the previews for next week look good. "Uh oh, Tom's walking away ..."
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.
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.
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.
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.
Last night, I finally got around to watching the Top Chef Masters that I had tivoed, only to discover that I don't have the motherfucking finale. I know who won, so I'm not really pressed, but I suspect that those assholes changed the title again, so that the season pass didn't pick up on it! Grrr.
I did not know that! Man, I feel like I have been failed by someone -- not sure who -- all these years.
Well, unless you're a florist, or a royalist, I can't imagine the word would come up that often.
