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re hommage Quick M-W lookup shows this to be the Old French spelling
It is the modern French spelling as well. I have only heard "hommage" pronounced om-AHZH, in a French context. But as far as I am aware they mean the same thing in both French and English. Am I missing something?
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My knowledge of Modern French is minimal. ICLIU. I have heard the HAHM ij pronunciation but normally hear the oh MAZH pronunciation in the context I outlined above.
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Never saw the hommage* spelling Neither had I, and since my meagre resources, paper and online, don't list it as English, I'll stick with spelling it with one m, while indicating the intended pronunciation by using "an". 
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Hommage is what an auteur pays in their oeuvre. I see it mainly in artistic contexts, especially film.
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Hommage is what an auteur pays in their oeuvre. I see it mainly in artistic contexts, especially film.Thanks. I mostly use homage in that sense, but did not know tthat doing so required use of the French spelling. Still on the subject of pronunciation, are there any interesting nodes on the "how did Romans pronunce Latin" thread at E2? Even though it is way out of my league,I have been lurking there a bit, but find searching for specific topics a little challenging in such an amoprhous environment. I need a seer to guide to me, I think.
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On E2? Well I haven't written the definitive write-up on Latin pronunciation, if that's what you mean.
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an other accent shift as it change from noun to verb
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It often grates on me when I hear a word which I pronounce in a certain way being pronounced another way. The one which irritates me most is "controversy", which I stress on the 2nd syllable & which British newsreaders insist on stressing on the 3rd syllable. I call this putting the emPHAsis on the wrong syllABle...Perhaps I'm just unreasonable!
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. I call this putting the emPHAsis on the wrong syllABle...Perhaps I'm just unreasonable!Not at all, as long as you don't react adversely to such HARassment.
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"controversy", which I stress on the 2nd syllable
My Webster New World Dictionary suggests equal accent on first and third syllables, which is what I am used to. I too experience a bit of inappropriate irritation when a pronunciation I am not used to interrupts the auditory recording of the message.
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