For what it's worth, I've always pronounced it bow-sahzhe, not that I recall ever saying it out loud.
Paul B. Cooley Santa Fe, NM http://carfreefamily.blogspot.com On Feb 21, 2009, at 1:16 PM, colin p. cummings wrote: Perhaps I'm nitpicking or my mind is too loosely fettered, but mulling over this term "beausage", I'm troubled by the fact that I read (somewhere, I don't remember, maybe here?) it is pronounced BYOO- SIDGE, as in "beautiful" and "usage", with no loss of the original words' pronunciations inside the new word. From the first time I encountered this term in print, however, I immediately pronounced it (in my head) in the Francophone way, that is: BOW-SAHZHE (I don't know how to spell out the Z-ish g phonetical pronunciation). I think my pronunciation is more fitting, especially since "beau" means beautiful (more or less) in French, and the term sounds classier and more spot- on when pronounce this way. Thoughts? Cheers, Colin Cummings Amarillo, TX --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
