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javasaurus ([personal profile] javasaurus) wrote2008-12-10 05:15 pm

Pronouncing "coup d'grace"

I've never studied French. So I, like many others before me, pronounce "coup d'grace" as "koo de grah" -- an apparently Americanized pronunciation that would really mean "blow of fat" rather than "blow of mercy."

I must laugh at myself sometimes.

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