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To: sphinx
"The French have been mispronouncing these names for centuries"

LOL.

Spoken like a true Amerrrican.......

67 posted on 04/14/2014 5:44:11 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2; sphinx

“The French have been mispronouncing these names for centuries”

Having lived in Kentucky for several years, I got used to Ver-sales, but Ee-toil (Étoile—beautiful French word for “star”) was just too much of a cringe factor.


72 posted on 04/14/2014 8:50:45 PM PDT by DeFault User
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