Yep, "ll" after "i" in French is always a "y" sound, except when it's not (ville, mille, etc.)
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Angus G - Apr 13, 2003 1:35:30 am PDT #3257 of 9843
Roguish Laird
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.
Zoe Ann - Apr 13, 2003 1:44:12 am PDT #3266 of 9843
Mathair & Athair beo.
'Healthy' is a good example of a word with a -y ending, but it doesn't mean the same thing as 'Health'.
Does this make sense?
Perfect, naturally. I would shop in a “Health-y Food Shop” in an instant but walk straight by a “Health Food Shop”
The French pronounce double L, don't they? I thought it was just Spanish that makes it a Y.
No “fille” is almost pronounced “feey” but I see a few people have already posted on the subject.
Who are your team?
I’ll tell you mine if you tell me yours.