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People will complain about that but not look twice at "rendezvous".
I don't think that I've ever heard anybody pronounce "chaise longue" correctly. It's "shay long".
Actually (pronounced acktschually) it’s ‘shayz long’ The ‘s’ is usually only silent when it’s the last letter of the word.
You should hear how the French pronounce it. Can’t even recognise it as English anymore.
Why do you say that? It's just chez long. At worst it's like chez long-uh. So it's really just a different accent more than anything. Also, the word is french not english so..
I think you got whooshed on that last english part.
Hah.. yeah, you're right xD. My bad
Shez Long
It literally means long chair. Not lounge chair.
Nobody pronounces "bruschetta" correctly; it's "broo-SKET-ta"
An Italian told me off through the TV set and I promised never to say "broo-SHET-ta" again.
chez ≠ chaise
Wet Leg did a song about it
https://youtu.be/Zd9jeJk2UHQ