Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1995 19:31:05 -0600

From: Daniel S Goodman dsg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAROON.TC.UMN.EDU

Subject: Re: Englished French words



For French words which have been thoroughly converted to English

pronunciation, what about squaredance terms? I don't think it would be

easy to recognize dosey-do, for example, as having once been French.



Considering what the French have done to the pronunciation of "hot dog"

(h, t, and g silent), I don't feel embarrassed about any Americanized

pronunciations of French words.



Dan Goodman