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minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoPeople 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”.
minus-squaredave@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoActually (pronounced acktschually) it’s ‘shayz long’ The ‘s’ is usually only silent when it’s the last letter of the word.
minus-squarezerofk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoYou should hear how the French pronounce it. Can’t even recognise it as English anymore.
minus-squarenyctre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 months agoWhy 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…
minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoI think you got whooshed on that last english part.
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”.
Actually (pronounced acktschually) it’s ‘shayz long’ The ‘s’ is usually only silent when it’s the last letter of the word.
You should hear how the French pronounce it. Can’t even recognise it as English anymore.
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…
I think you got whooshed on that last english part.