On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 12:16 PM, colin p. cummings <colinthehip...@gmail.com> 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?
I say "byoo-sidge", not just because it's the beauty that comes from usage; but because it rhymes with sausage. In fact, I often refer to sausages as "beausages", which is also a contraction of "beautiful sausages". James Black Los Angeles, CA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
