printemps, with an n?

Indeed it is. Bit of hypercorrection there, as I knew it was pronounced with an "n". Google on primtemps gives a fair few hits, mind.


On poshifying names (as WW's "Tar-zhay") I always liked the reinventions of some of London's not-so-posh spots:

Battersea becomes "bah-TUR-zee-uh"

Streatham [STRET-um]becomes "Saint Reeth-um"

Clapham [CLAP-um] becomes "Claa'm"

Well, maybe you had to be here...