Date:  Thu, 8 Feb 1996 11:31:03 -0600

From:  "Kathleen M. O'Neill" <koneil1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UIC.EDU>

Subject: Re: Monkey Wards and Kame-apart -Reply



Lynne spake thusly:

>i've heard target stores pronounced frenchly (tarzhay') in a couple of

>states, though i can't remember which ones (illinois was one, but i

>remember thinking it was a local, university-student thing til i

>heard someone somewhere else say it). undoubtedly, the french

>pronunciation indicates that it's a really classy place to shop.



I've heard Target pronounced "frenchly"

(to borrow your useful adverb) in Illinois

and Minnesota for a couple of years.

It can either be plain ol' "Target"

or "The Target Boutique."



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