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minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.worksBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up10·6 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-up13·6 months agoActually (pronounced acktschually) it’s ‘shayz long’ The ‘s’ is usually only silent when it’s the last letter of the word.
minus-squareODGreen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·6 months agoShez Long It literally means long chair. Not lounge chair. Nobody pronounces “bruschetta” correctly; it’s “broo-SKET-ta”
minus-squareJerkface@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoAn Italian told me off through the TV set and I promised never to say “broo-SHET-ta” again.
minus-squareTomtits@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoWet Leg did a song about it https://youtu.be/Zd9jeJk2UHQ
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.
Shez Long
It literally means long chair. Not lounge chair.
Nobody pronounces “bruschetta” correctly; it’s “broo-SKET-ta”
An Italian told me off through the TV set and I promised never to say “broo-SHET-ta” again.
chez ≠ chaise
Wet Leg did a song about it
https://youtu.be/Zd9jeJk2UHQ