some of them may be bourgeois, rendezvous, mainlt he words of foreign origin will sound different than they spell
2006-12-05 12:54:40 · 5 answers · asked by anonymousbin 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
the words are rendezvous,bourgeois from french origin . Please gimme a list of the words that sound different than they spell,may the words of foreign origin
2006-12-05 13:02:39 · update #1
epitome catastrophe apostrophe
one two eight
taught thought cough though
2006-12-05 13:49:36 · answer #1 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, they actually sound like they're spelled in their native languages. But as for foreign words in the English language:
garage
deja vu
carafe
coup
Volkswagen
bon mot
faux pas
cachet
chaise longue
chez
connoisseur
couturier
de rigueur
dossier
grand prix
haute couture
hors d'Åuvre
OK, I'll stop pasting and just give you a link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_phrases_used_by_English_speakers
2006-12-05 13:03:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Colonel
brooch
dour
2006-12-05 14:34:22 · answer #3 · answered by hayharbr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
au contraire
Repertoire
café-au-lait
clique (american say"click" as opposed to "cleek" i think)
(spelling?) consierge (the person who is at a hotel behind a desk)
faux fur
hors d'Åuvre
naïve
nouveau riche
papier-mâché
protégé
risqué
touché
vignette
-----
words in the english language which arent used in france
auteur
décolletage
double entendre
encore
faux pas
femme
maître d’
2006-12-05 13:13:54 · answer #4 · answered by ♥Pictsy♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
know, knot, knife
tsunami
hustle, bustle, muscle, scion
rational, national, passionate
laissez faire
laugh, cough, rough
sign, benign, reign
talk, walk, stalk, folk, yolk...
...to name a few!
2006-12-05 13:18:20 · answer #5 · answered by JD 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋