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How do Americans pronounce 'pouffe'?
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Nick from England
Sep 9, 2012, 5:24:54 AM9/9/12
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SFAIK it's pronounced 'POOF' in England, but folk don't like to say it that
way! :-D
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Opinicus
Sep 9, 2012, 7:04:42 AM9/9/12
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On Sun, 9 Sep 2012 10:24:54 +0100, "Nick from England"
<paci...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
> SFAIK it's pronounced 'POOF' in England, but folk don't like to say it that
> way! :-D
It rhymes with "the cover at the top of a building" and with "the
<paci...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
> SFAIK it's pronounced 'POOF' in England, but folk don't like to say it that
> way! :-D
upper part of a cavity".
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Nick from England
Sep 9, 2012, 12:19:30 PM9/9/12
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"Opinicus" <gez...@spamcop.net.which.is.not.invalid> wrote in message
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http://www.merriam-webster.com/audio.php?file=pouf0001&word=pouffe&text=%5C%3CSPAN%20class%3Dunicode%3E%CB%88%3C%2FSPAN%3Ep%C3%BCf%5C
Yep, Flossie agrees with you, Opinicus - merci beaucoup! :-)
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> On Sun, 9 Sep 2012 10:24:54 +0100, "Nick from England"
> <paci...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
>
>> SFAIK it's pronounced 'POOF' in England, but folk don't like to say it
>> that
>> way! :-D
> It rhymes with "the cover at the top of a building" and with "the
> upper part of a cavity".
'Roof' almost rhymes with 'Poof' - to Flossie at Merriam-Webster!
> <paci...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
>
>> SFAIK it's pronounced 'POOF' in England, but folk don't like to say it
>> that
>> way! :-D
> It rhymes with "the cover at the top of a building" and with "the
> upper part of a cavity".
http://www.merriam-webster.com/audio.php?file=pouf0001&word=pouffe&text=%5C%3CSPAN%20class%3Dunicode%3E%CB%88%3C%2FSPAN%3Ep%C3%BCf%5C
Yep, Flossie agrees with you, Opinicus - merci beaucoup! :-)
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alien8er
Sep 9, 2012, 2:08:11 PM9/9/12
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On Sep 9, 2:24 am, "Nick from England" <pacif...@btopenworld.com>
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regionally, perhaps in the Atlantic states or those bordering French
Canada, but certainly not in the states west of the Mississippi river.
Mark L. Fergerson
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> SFAIK it's pronounced 'POOF' in England, but folk don't like to say it that
> way! :-D
Um, in generic Americanese there ain't no such word. It might appear
> way! :-D
regionally, perhaps in the Atlantic states or those bordering French
Canada, but certainly not in the states west of the Mississippi river.
Mark L. Fergerson
Nick from England
Sep 9, 2012, 2:21:36 PM9/9/12
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"alien8er" <alie...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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But ya got 'em, though - Ottomans they is! :-D
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