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[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago (10 children)

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 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] zerofk@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] nyctre@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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..

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think you got whooshed on that last english part.

[–] nyctre@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Hah.. yeah, you're right xD. My bad

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