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Usenet Posted 21 years ago
English in UK

French words

Pronunciation:
ballet http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=5731&dict=CALD

beret http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=7029&dict=CALD

bunch of flowers ...also but I forgot spelling
Are there any other words taken from French that you pronounce alike?

Pawe³ from Poland
  

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also but I forgot spelling[/nq] Is this the word? bouquet [nq:1]Are there any other words taken from French that you pronounce alike? e)

  • also but I forgot spelling[/nq] Is this the word?
  • bouquet [nq:1]Are there any other words taken from French that you pronounce alike?
  • e)
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[nq:1]Pronunciation: ballet beret bunch of flowers ...also but I forgot spelling[/nq]
Is this the word?
bouquet
[nq:1]Are there any other words taken from French that you pronounce alike? Pawe³ from Poland[/nq]
Peter Duncanson
UK (posting from u.c.l.e)
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[nq:1]Pronunciation: ballet beret bunch of flowers ...also but I forgot spelling[/nq]
bouquet?
[nq:1]Are there any other words taken from French that you pronounce alike?[/nq]
Entente, entendre, menage, esprit, corps, laissez faire, haricot (although many people pronounce the "h") to name but a few.
I guess that French words that were adopted a long time ago probably have anglic
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Uzytkownik "Peter Duncanson" (Email Removed) napisal w wiadomosci
[nq:2]Pronunciation: ballet beret bunch of flowers ...also but I forgot spelling[/nq]
[nq:1]Is this the word? bouquet [/nq]
Exactly.
Thanks
I wrote bouqet without "U". Therefore I stuck and couldn't get rid of this word from my mind.
[nq:2]Are there any other words taken from French that you pronounce al
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At 16:03:54 on Mon, 8 Aug 2005, apprentice (Email Removed) wrote in :
[nq:1]I wrote bouqet without "U". Therefore I stuck and couldn't get rid of this word from my mind. If I make any mistake especially with prepositions correct me please.[/nq]
In which case, you should have written:
'I wrote "bouqet" without the "U"' or even 'I wrote "bouqet" without the second "U"'
and
Theref
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[nq:2]I wrote bouqet without "U". Therefore I stuck and couldn't ... I make any mistake especially with prepositions correct me please.[/nq]
[nq:1]In which case, you should have written: 'I wrote "bouqet" without the "U"' or even 'I wrote "bouqet" without the second "U"'[/nq]
Polish has no articles.

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[nq:2]Is this the word? bouquet http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=9103&dict=CALD[/nq]
[nq:1]Exactly. Thanks[/nq]
If you wish to keep up appearances, don't pronounce it like "bucket".

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