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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).

billytea - Apr 13, 2003 1:39:42 am PDT #3259 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.

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

Damn. I meant to put this at the end of my last post. Ah well, better late than never:

Oh, and Angus? Pfffft.

Meanwhile, my aerial ping-pong team (Northern Kangaroos) seem to have managed a rather heart-stopping tie. Bloody drama queens. (But, in common with the Raiders, they remain undefeated.)

Trudy Booth - Apr 13, 2003 1:39:51 am PDT #3260 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

I'm now obsessed with this "fillet" thing.

t Trudy wanders off across the internet to find a French/English dictionary.

billytea - Apr 13, 2003 1:41:23 am PDT #3261 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.

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

Erm, that's what I said, isnt it? That a double L after an I isn't pronounced?

Fiona - Apr 13, 2003 1:41:48 am PDT #3262 of 9843

Meanwhile, my aerial ping-pong team (Northern Kangaroos) seem to have managed a rather heart-stopping tie.

OK, what in the world is aerial ping-pong.

Fiona - Apr 13, 2003 1:42:41 am PDT #3263 of 9843

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

Erm, that's what I said, isnt it?

Oh, I think I misread you, billytea. You said in front of and I read after. Sorry.

billytea - Apr 13, 2003 1:42:52 am PDT #3264 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.

OK, what in the world is aerial ping-pong.

What Angus, sadly erroneously (but we must make allowances), terms 'real football'. Otherwise known as Aussie Rules.

Angus G - Apr 13, 2003 1:43:59 am PDT #3265 of 9843
Roguish Laird

"Aerial ping-pong" is a NE Australian putdown of Aussie Rules, because they can't understand a game that actually involves grace and athleticism rather than brute force.

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