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To: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com>
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At 08:43 PM 12/26/98 +0000, Mark Ovens wrote:
 
>> For example, I was recently asked in an English resatuarant if I'd like a
>> piece of "GA-teau."
>
>I'm not sure what you're getting at here. I think the English
>pronounciation of "gateau" is identical to the origianal French.

The accent was on the wrong syllable. The French pronunciation
is (and, as far as I know, always has been) ga-TEAU.

Of course, the best example of English twisting of words is
Cockney rhyming slang, where the only connection between a
word and what it really means is either a vowel or a bad
pun. ;-)

--Brett




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