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Saw the flick "Gosford Park" the other night.
Noted that all the Brit characters pronounced "valet" as "vall-ett" whilst the 2 US characters pronounced it "vall-ae" (as in "ballet").
This is the complete reverse of what I'd expected. I would've thought the English english pronunciation was the same as that which is used in Oz - ie "vall-ae".
Have I been using a US pronunciation all this time?
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PS We think we figured out whodunnit (the first time) - PM me if you think you know coz it may ease the confusion hereabouts.
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I have never heard 'vallet' (and I'm a Brit who has lived in UK, US, Canada and Oz..)
Pronunciation of the word 'fillet' may be relevant: I grew up with and had only ever heard 'fillit' until I went to North America, where I came across 'fillay'. Have remembered and puzzled over this ever since, as usually BritEng is close to French (spelling or pronunciation) than NamEng.
'Varlet' is, of course, an entirely different word, sadly underused these days...
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I had a discussion with some friends of mine who do a lot of fishing. They said if you were to talk about "fillay-ing" your fish, your manly fishing buddies would laugh themselves silly. So in fishing, you apparently "fillit" a fish. Then when my husband worked at a restaurant, the word for a piece of meat which had been filleted was most definitely "fillay". I would probably say "fillit" myself.
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But, but, but. When you fillit you emptyit.
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So are you saying that you use "fillit" as a verb to produce a "fillay" ?
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Can we do a "Pointless Poll" on this please?
Let me know where you are and what you say, vall-ett or vall-ay.
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