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From: stevet@eskimo.com (Steven Thornton)
Subject: Re: Pronunciation of French words (was Re: Dialling)
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Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 21:16:10 GMT
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Polar (s.meric@ix.netcom.com) wrote:

> The one that wipes me out  -- this is slightly off-topic -- is
> "Bo-tique", becoming nearly ubiquitous (can I say that?) in the
> States.

This word is of course correctly pronounced 'BOO-teh-kyew'. Rhymes
> with 'ANT-uh-kyew' (and 'YOO-ni-kyew').

S "c'est mag-NIF-ih-kyew" T
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