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billytea - Apr 13, 2003 1:24:56 am PDT #3249 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Do you (Aussies) really pronounce it "noo-gah" over here? Weird. But you also pronouce "fillet" as "fill-it"!

True, but, not only do you guys pronounce it "fil-ay", you also spell it 'filet' (whenever I've seen it on a menu anyway), which - being the French spelling - should be pronounced sans t. (If you were to pronounce 'fillet' as per French, it'd be 'fee-yay', so I'm going to stand by 'fill-it' being correct there.)

Meanwhile, I am a happy camper. My league team - the Canberra Raiders - roughly an hour ago fought off a late comeback to be victorious over the Parramatta Eels, meaning that five weeks into the competition, they remain unbeaten. Even better, a half hour later the Brisbane Broncos went down to the New Zealand Warriors, which means the Raiders are now the only team still unbeaten.

Oh yes, and in more trivial matters, I've actually finished writing up my study notes, and am now ready to start revision. Once I stop bouncing around the study and singing "The Green Machine".

GROUP HUG!

Ah, that reminds me. Some dialogue from a D&D game in Australia:

Thorn: "I cast Magic Circle Against Evil."
Ladock: "Group Hug!"

Trudy Booth - Apr 13, 2003 1:28:47 am PDT #3250 of 9843
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

The French pronounce double L, don't they? I thought it was just Spanish that makes it a Y.

Fiona - Apr 13, 2003 1:28:53 am PDT #3251 of 9843

Does this make sense?

Makes perfect sense, as ever, Fay.

billytea - Apr 13, 2003 1:32:31 am PDT #3252 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

The French pronounce double L, don't they? I thought it was just Spanish that makes it a Y.

It depends on the previous vowel, IIRC. In the case of an 'i' it's not pronounced. (I think it is for an 'e'.)

Fay - Apr 13, 2003 1:33:56 am PDT #3253 of 9843
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

Thorn: "I cast Magic Circle Against Evil."

Ladock: "Group Hug!"

Bwah! Oh, that's adorable.

(Cheers, Fiona!)

Angus G - Apr 13, 2003 1:33:58 am PDT #3254 of 9843
Roguish Laird

Hi Billytea.

Oh, my team won today too. In proper football, that is.

Fay - Apr 13, 2003 1:34:37 am PDT #3255 of 9843
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

Who are your team?

Fiona - Apr 13, 2003 1:35:26 am PDT #3256 of 9843

In the case of an 'i' it's not pronounced. (I think it is for an 'e'.)

Um, I don't think so. "Fille" (girl) is pronounced "fee", with a slight y-y wobble between the ees.

Unfortunately, the little French I ever had is very, very rusty so it may be a while before my brain digs up any other examples.

Edit: French is full of rules and exceptions to them, though, so just about anything could apply.

Angus G - Apr 13, 2003 1:35:30 am PDT #3257 of 9843
Roguish Laird

Yep, "ll" after "i" in French is always a "y" sound, except when it's not (ville, mille, etc.)

Angus G - Apr 13, 2003 1:36:33 am PDT #3258 of 9843
Roguish Laird

FayJay--my team are Melbourne (and by proper football in this instance I mean Aussie Rules).

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