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>It is from French after all. And yet the British say "filet" with a hard 't'? I have never heard anything but the French pronunciation in the US.
by jjeaff 7y ago
>It is from French after all.
And yet the British say "filet" with a hard 't'? I have never heard anything but the French pronunciation in the US.
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoThat's about 50:50 - probably along regional lines.
- hahamrfunnyguy 7y agoIn mechanical drawing terminology, we pronounce it with a hard "t". Fillets or rounds are placed features that round off or cap interior or exterior corners or features of a part.
- elliekelly 7y agoI wonder if our French-Canadian friends to the north might be the reason Americans pronounce it the French way instead of the British way?
- taejo 7y agoI believe BEng distinguishes "fillet" (with a final t) from "filet" (without), the former having been borrowed from French when it still had a /t/ at the end, and the latter being a later re-borrowing (usually in phrases like filet mignon). Something like "filet of fish sandwich" comes across as a humourously fancy name for a pretty ordinary meal.
- dspig 7y agoIt's hard to say "filleted" with the french pronunciation.
- naniwaduni 7y agoit's like being skinned with an epenthetic vowel