Tuesday, October 06, 2009

jonkey?

The answer was "jonquil" and the contestant pronounced it "zhon-kee".

Which I suppose is how the French say it, but I have never heard an American say it that way. Nor has my Merriam-Webster, which only gives primarystressjä]nkwdotted schwal, ]engk- sometimes primarystressjschwa as options (john-kwil, johng-kwil, jun-kwil).

Even Francophile Alex had a hard time recognizing it...

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