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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 13:23)
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WordsLingerie I always pronounced as linger - e. As in linger by the cranberries, but with an E on the end. Still bugs me when I have to say it the french way because I've been doing it wrong for so long.
I also have trouble with Orgy. Is it oar-gee or oar-jee?
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I always said, the few times I've said it, or-jay.I'm crap at lingerie too. Also hosiery and depots. I now call them hose-erie hoi-zeries and dee-pots. Much fun. ^-^
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vix0r was not Matthew on, Thu 22 Jul 2010, 0:09,
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DesPO or desPOT?(, Thu 22 Jul 2010, 2:15, closed)
My younger brother hates frenchso he pronounces soufle as soofle, and moselle as mozzle.
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It sounds so much more furtive that wayLike you've only ever read it in catalogues.
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shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Thu 22 Jul 2010, 10:20,
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well "linger-e" is every bit as good as "lonjeray", which is how some folk pronounce it. (the French would say something like "langeree" (with a soft G)
I find it's best avoided if possible, with the subsitition of one, more or any of the following:
Frillies
Unmentionables
Undercrackers
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