Stales ~ it's val-AY here in California.

and if you were to order a "FILL-et" in a restaurant, you'd see the sides of the waiter's mouth twitch as he struggled to maintain his composure.

i've had the 'fillet' discussion with one of the board's antistoecon-inclined ayleurs before, and he insisted that calling them "fill-AYs" was a ridiculously pretentious nod to its french roots... so does that mean that when you poms order a steak you call it "FILL-et MIGG-nawn"? or are you selectively euphuistic?