DawnA

I was telling someone how I have been dying to try applique (app-liqe) and have been printing and drawing templates. She was like, I dont think I heard of applique. So I explained it. She said, very nicely, "Oh I would probably pronounce it app-li-qay." We had a good laugh!

DebraK

very cute. You don't want to know how I thought facade was pronounced when I was younger ;-)

dkaz

Don't feel bad, I did the exact same thing!! Some of those French words just don't sound like they are spelled...

dunster

I remember the teacher writing on the board and pronouncing the word 'determine' when I was in about 3rd grade. What a revelation - I had never pronounced the word out loud, but when I read it I pronounced it in my head as 'dee-ter-mine'. I knew what it meant (from the context), just not how to pronounce it. I used to have trouble with 'bargello' - soft g or hard g? Okay, now I know, but it was hard to remember for quite a while.

hopetoquilt

My mom used to say "horsey-doovers" for hors d'ouvres. My sister never realized that my mother was kidding. She thought that was the true pronunciation . Made for a humorous round while playing the Password game...

LivelyLady

And when I was younger and saw my first "Antiques" sign, I pronounced it "antie cues"

nativetexan

as long as it's not ap pleee kay!!
controversy is pronounced in my European detective shows with the accent on the second syllable. It took me a minute to get that one straight in my head.

BellaBoo

I say appla kay and have not intention to changing how I say it in the future. LOL.

cabbagepatchkid

That's how I pronounce it, also. I'm from New England so I pronounce things differently than other areas of the country...lol!

JudyTheSewer

You all have me giggling here - thanks for the laughs.