Looks like the French spelling is "filet".
Now, we need to find out if they pronounce a single "L".
t Obsessed-- it's sad
I see your uhhhhhhhhhhh and raise you a gnyeh.
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Trudy Booth - Apr 13, 2003 1:58:09 am PDT #3270 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
billytea - Apr 13, 2003 1:59:29 am PDT #3271 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.
Now, we need to find out if they pronounce a single "L".
Yep. Even when it ends a word (eg 'bel'), which it shares with 'd' and 'c', and IIRC no other consonants.
billytea - Apr 13, 2003 2:00:24 am PDT #3272 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, BTW, how is everyone?
Zoe Ann - Apr 13, 2003 2:00:30 am PDT #3273 of 9843
Mathair & Athair beo.
since Irish jokes aren't always appropriate
Irish jokes are ALWAYS appropriate.
Trudy Booth - Apr 13, 2003 2:00:52 am PDT #3274 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
So the frogs DO say "Fil-ay"?
billytea - Apr 13, 2003 2:02:04 am PDT #3275 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.
So the frogs DO say "Fil-ay"?
Yeppers. I think you Yanks should all switch over right now to saying 'fillet'. Far more relevant form of protest than Freedom Fries. (Mmmm, fried freedom.)
Zoe Ann - Apr 13, 2003 2:02:23 am PDT #3276 of 9843
Mathair & Athair beo.
So the frogs DO say "Fil-ay"?
No, frogs go *ribbet", "Fil-ay" is a close approximation to real pronounciation en Francais.
Edit: Where members of our family live.
Trudy Booth - Apr 13, 2003 2:07:29 am PDT #3277 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
LOL, Zoe.
I was sucking up to the Aussies by saying "frogs" t hangs head in shame
billytea - Apr 13, 2003 2:12:47 am PDT #3278 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.
I was sucking up to the Aussies by saying "frogs"
And don't think we don't appreciate it. (We have desert frogs, BTW, that can seal themselves in watertight pouches underground and ride out years-long droughts. In the interests of clarity, let me assure you that I mean literal frogs, not wandering Frenchmen. Aborigines are known to use them as a water supply during desert treks. ...Again, the frogs, not wandering-- Well, you get the picture.)
Fiona - Apr 13, 2003 2:13:25 am PDT #3279 of 9843
No, frogs go *ribbet"
Try explaining to a one-and-a-bit-year-old why a frog says "rabbit".
It's a complicated world, I'm telling ya'.
Oh, BTW, how is everyone?
Good over here, bt. You? Aren't we supposed to chide you if you turn up here at the moment? (In which case - chide! chide!) How's the job stuff going?