How is minie pronounced?

[Gary of CA]

Someone told me it is pronounced as "mean-nay" and someone else said, "mean-yay." Which is it? Thanks!

[Curt Schmidt]

Re: How is minie pronounced?

Hallo!

Claude-Etienne Minié...

In English, more like "min-ee."

In French, (hard to do accent, infliction, and nasal tone here) more like "me-neeyay."

Others mileage will vary... c'est vrai.

Curt

[ephraim_zook]

Re: How is minie pronounced?

Since Americans have a innate ability for mispronouncing anything French, you'd be safe pronouncing, as Herr Schmidt suggested, MIN-ie, as in Mouse.

Ron Myzie

[Mcouioui]

Re: How is minie pronounced?

Hallo!

In French, (hard to do accent, infliction, and nasal tone here) more like "me-neeyay."

Others mileage will vary... c'est vrai.

Curt

Tu sais ce qu'elle te dit la (You know what she says to you the) "infliction, and nasal tone here" ?:cry_smile:D:wink_smil:wink_smil


Curt is right, it is indeed Minié "meneeyay " :wink_smil

[Curt Schmidt]

Re: How is minie pronounced?

Hallo!

Merci, mon ami...

I see a typo joke at my own expense... Some would say when it comes to French it is more of an "infliction" than "inflection."

:)

Curt

Q: Do you know any other French?
A: Yes. French fries, French toast, French leave, and French kissing.

[10TnVI]

Re: How is minie pronounced?

Don't forget the 'French Pox"

[Mcouioui]

Re: How is minie pronounced?

:) :) :)
The same for me...
American Pie, American Joke, American Car and in first position... American Friendship ;)

[Curt Schmidt]

Re: How is minie pronounced?

Hallo!

You are wrong...

Friendship has no nationality.

;) :) :)

Curt
Je me souviens Mess

[Gary of CA]

Re: How is minie pronounced?

Thanks one and all.

How about cheavux de frise? Chev-voll day free-say?

[Curt Schmidt]

Re: How is minie pronounced?

Hallo!

You are taxing my ability to write phonetically... :)

Cheveaux-de-frise (Friesland horses). ;)

Che-voh de [B]freezze.

Curt

[Gary of CA]

Re: How is minie pronounced?

Thanks again Curt. I didn't know it meant Freisland horses.

[Curt Schmidt]

Re: How is minie pronounced?

Hallo!

Ne rien...



(One cheval de frise, two or more cheveaux de frise.)

I do not know who thinks up the names for these things.

A Frisian or Friesland horse:



Makes one scratch their head about hors de combat. ;) :)

With the advent of barbed wire, the cheval de frise was replaced with the
"Spanish Rider" (aka Knife Rest) where the two '"X" shaped ends were retained but instead of spikes lines of barbed wire were used.
We still use them, from time to time, as they can make an effective "drop in" barrier to be used to quickly block off a trench.

Curt