How are you people pronouncing this word?

i learned it watching tv!

It's FRENCH! It's like the words foe or woe or toe!

Doesn't everyone know that?

I hope that didn't sound snobby, my apologies if it did. I'm having a shitty morning

From the french meaning "false." Like 'faux pas' (false step).

Just like the word cheveux (horse) is pronounced "sha voe"

J'avais le français depuis six ans dans l'école, donc je suis sûr que c'est correct. Merci beaucoup pour la question, belle.

I had french for six years in school, so I am sure this is right. Thanks for the question, beautiful.

By the by, while we are on the subject.....the one that drives me up a wall is foyer.
My dad is a painting contractor, and I worked with him for a few summers. From time to time, we would get doctors and architects pronouncing it foy-ir instead of foy-yay. Used to drive me up a fucking wall!

It is just terribly annoying, especially when you try to educate them, and they are still too stupid to figure it out. I was never in a position to try to correct my father's clients on it. It must be even worse for you, because you told the stupid bastards and they still don't get it. Maybe you should tell them that the 'ux' is pronounced like a 'k' and it is pronounced 'fake' that way, they can't screw it up. The alternative is that you can go in and just go Columbine on them, and hire a whole new staff.

...most certainly.

FYI: It's pronounced either (as in eeether or iiiither) way! ;)

I think the "upper-crust" call it foy-yay and the average joe, like me, says foy-er.

hahaha all i remember from french is "parlez vous frances" and i dont even know if i spelled it right..lol..

Oui, le français est difficile, mais il est amusant. Vous pouvez dire que les choses méchantes aux gens et ils ne savent pas que vous dites, comme je veux vous voir nu.

Es muy dificul para mi. Espanol es mi fuerte. (un pequito un tanto)

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See, now if we go spanish, I am the one that is lost. My spanish is terrible. I had it in 8th grade, and my teacher was 500 years old. I used to sit in the very back of the class and fuck around all day. When she would call on me or either of the other two guys I sat with, we would call out the same answer every time, regardless of the question....it was:

Yo nosotros usted no vive en un libro

Which from what I remember is "I, we, you do not live in a book."

She would look at us like we were retarded and just move on to someone else.

lol...i took 3 years of french and 3 years of spanish...yes i know theres only 4 years in high school..no i didnt fail a year..lol...i had both languages overlap for 2 years! lol that sucked! i dont remember much french at all..and as for spanish..the proper Castilian spanish they taught didnt stick with me...i know more the of the "tex-mex" variety. lol
Since we are sharing school stories...my last year in french...we had to talk to our teacher in french for everything..and i really had to pee one day and i couldnt think of the right words to say..so i said "me me..pee pee" and my teacher laughed so hard..she let me go..that one time..lol

We used to use J'achete (Pronounced y-ah-shit) when we were angry (actually means I buy.), and Peux j'aller à la piscine (pronounced poo-szhe-allay a la piss-ine) to go to the bathroom (actually means can I go to the pool).

what was that one word our french teacher taught us...."la dunde mard" i think is how it was spelled..meant something like "turkey shit"..lol...i dont remember exactly..i just remember it was funny..

Merde de Turquie is turkey shit.....you got me on 'dunde.' Don't know that one.

no it's not...turquie means the country, Turkey, lol ;)

it's dinde, not dunde :)

Thanks...I could nto put a finger on it last night, but it was after 3 in the morning, and the old brain just wasn't firing on all cylinders. Not to mention it was running on 50% alcohol.

hehe, you don't have to look it up..it's dinde :) I'm not any hero concerning French myself...forgot most of it again....just ran over your post and thought you'd wanna know what you said, lol ;)

Absolutely.....I already edited that part out. right after I hit submit, it dawned on me that it was dinde. It was a long night and a short sleep last night. I stopped last night around 330, and I had to get up at 7 with my daughter. I am a bit sleep deprived.

...and yes, I love to get corrected when I am wrong. Knowledge is power.

hehe, good that you took it as it was meant...just a friendly hint...and I hope that you'll do the same for me when I make my next mistake ;)

I will now that you have told me to. I generally try not to on this site because so many people do get so freaking bent out of shape about being wrong.

Way I see it, no one is right 100% of the time, except for maybe Ron Paul. I would sooner know the right answer for next time then float through life looking foolish.

yep, same here....and I'm thankful for corrections...English is not my mother tongue so I sometimes struggle with it, lol ;)

Well, I would never guess. Your english is better than most on here, and it is their native tongue.

Sorry about the UEFA match today. Russia kinda put a hurting on you today, but I did see that your U-21 team advanced to the championship on penalties. Good for the youngsters. 2 goals in the last 10 against a very strong Austria team was very impressive indeed.

thank you :D

Oh well, I'm not really a sports fan...and I'm not Finnish...just living here but I'm German, so for me it doesn't matter if the Finnish team wins or loses...as long as they don't win against Germany, lol ;)

Isn't that funny, too? They teach you how to order beans and to ask stupid fucking questions like Donde está la biblioteca? As if anyone that goes to Mexico is ever going to ask where the library is.

They should teach you important stuff like....how much are cigarettes? where is the drug store? Where can I find a doctor to get a penecillan shot?

or how to ask "where is the donkey lady?"

donde esta de senora burro?

rotflmao

...see, now that is something every traveler to Mexico needs to know.

or....Cuanto para su hija de 19 años?

How much for your 19 year old daughter?

lmao....or or or

"uno mas cerveza por favor senor!" lol

My wife and I honeymooned in Puerta Vallarta, and to prepare I learned:

Camarero, dos cervezas y dos vinos blancos por favor.

Bartender, two beers and two white wines please.

awesome! lol this also comes in handy after a night of drinking

"el bano! el bano!" lol

which is?

the bathroom! the bathroom!

lol