• zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
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    22 days ago

    People will complain about that but not look twice at “rendezvous”.

    I don’t think that I’ve ever heard anybody pronounce “chaise longue” correctly. It’s “shay long”.

    • dave@feddit.uk
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      22 days ago

      Actually (pronounced acktschually) it’s ‘shayz long’ The ‘s’ is usually only silent when it’s the last letter of the word.

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        22 days ago

        You should hear how the French pronounce it. Can’t even recognise it as English anymore.

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          22 days ago

          Why do you say that? It’s just chez long. At worst it’s like chez long-uh. So it’s really just a different accent more than anything. Also, the word is french not english so…