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Armor - pronunciation
Das Bill:
Yeah, I hadn't realized the correct pronounciation of coif until you told me, Ed. But the dictionary is definitely the more trusted source, particularly an etymological one that traces back the origin of words.
--- Quote from: madmanpsu on 2010-04-06, 23:51:11 ---I have heard sallet pronounced sal-lay and gorget pronounced Gor-jay. The other two I have always heard -et as in hem-et.
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That's how most people pronounce them, but Ed is right: They're English words. Just as "Helmet" is not pronounced "Helm-ay", those words are supposed to be pronounced with a hard "T". In fact, I believe in Henry VIII (though it might be one of the other Shakespeare Henry's, I can't remember off of the top of my head) there's a play on words where a person is confusing the word "sallet" and "salad"... and that only makes sense if you pronounce "sallet" with a hard "T".
Of course, the moment you start saying them correctly, you have to deal with everyone "correcting" you all the time. :)
Sir Brian:
--- Quote from: Das Bill on 2010-04-07, 13:21:52 ---Yeah, I hadn't realized the correct pronounciation of coif until you told me, Ed. But the dictionary is definitely the more trusted source, particularly an etymological one that traces back the origin of words.
--- Quote from: madmanpsu on 2010-04-06, 23:51:11 ---I have heard sallet pronounced sal-lay and gorget pronounced Gor-jay. The other two I have always heard -et as in hem-et.
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That's how most people pronounce them, but Ed is right: They're English words. Just as "Helmet" is not pronounced "Helm-ay", those words are supposed to be pronounced with a hard "T". In fact, I believe in Henry VIII (though it might be one of the other Shakespeare Henry's, I can't remember off of the top of my head) there's a play on words where a person is confusing the word "sallet" and "salad"... and that only makes sense if you pronounce "sallet" with a hard "T".
Of course, the moment you start saying them correctly, you have to deal with everyone "correcting" you all the time. :)
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That’s kind of funny you reference a situation like that because in German you pronounce their word for salad (salat) with a hard “AT” sound! ;)
Basically for me all pronunciation of French words (and even most English for that matter) is messed up from my latent Maine accent where the sounds of the A’s and R’s are reversed. :D
Dragonlover:
I've also heard it pronounced and written as salade.....
Sir Wolf:
its so hard to break out of the routine though. like stop saying chain before mail. hehehe
Sir Edward:
--- Quote from: Sir Wolf on 2010-04-08, 01:34:59 ---its so hard to break out of the routine though. like stop saying chain before mail. hehehe
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Yeah, I find myself saying "chainmail" a lot simply because the word "mail" is often confusing to the layman. If I'm describing things to family or co-workers, for instance. Ugh.
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