How do you pronounce "dossier"?
Been listening to an old Australian radio mystery serial, GREGORY KEEN: DOSSIER ON DUMETRIUS, and it throws me every time the show opens and pronounces the word "dahs-ee-er"
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BalmyNites · F
English: daw-see-ay
French: daw-syey
French: daw-syey
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
@BalmyNites UK -- doe-see-ay US -- dah-see-ay (I googled.) Didn't bother with the French.
BalmyNites · F
I’m English (Cambridge) & we pronounce it as I said 😊@ChipmunkErnie
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
@BalmyNites Ah, an upper class version of the multiple English accents. LOL
BalmyNites · F
Ha ha, don’t know about that 😁@ChipmunkErnie
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
BalmyNites · F
No, although I do have friends in Liverpool @ChipmunkErnie
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
@BalmyNites I used to have a friend, many years ago, who tried to teach me to speak it. I've pretty much forgotten everything by now. :(
Then again, I'm currently watching ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL and there are some distinct accents there, too. :)
Then again, I'm currently watching ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL and there are some distinct accents there, too. :)
BalmyNites · F
You can’t really teach/learn it, it’s an accent 😊@ChipmunkErnie
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
@BalmyNites Hey, 55 years ago I could speak french despite my accent. ;)
BalmyNites · F
Yes, but that’s a language, you pick up an accent usually when you live in the place 😊@ChipmunkErnie
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
@BalmyNites I'm guessing the French have regional accents, too -- just like thew UK, the USA, and pretty much every nation. Not to mention differences between, say, Parisian French and Martinique French. I'm a firm believer than I don't have any accent -- but everyone else does! 😜
BalmyNites · F
Yes that’s very true, there are many variations of the English accent - all very different 😊@ChipmunkErnie