Speaking 'properly' & the French

[wyllaya]

bboyminn:
>  I hate to trash the French and their language, but I've never 
> seen another language where words are pronounce so differently 
than  they are spelled. What is the purpose of all those letters in 
a word  if notto lend a clue as to how the word is pronounced? 
 Example:  bour·geois (boor-zhwä) [should sound similar 
to 'gorgeous' but with a 'B' instead of the first 'G', and an odd 
inflection on the second 'G'.] Ok, I can get the odd 'G' 
pronunciation, just like I can get that
'J'=='H' in Spanish (Juan == Hwan or Jesus == Hey-sous), but how on 
 earth does 'eois' become 'wa'. < <


Lol! I never realise you guys, think (we) French have bizarre 
pronunciation, I will try to explain bourgeois. Ok, so I guess you 
already know that our (French)''G'' is your ''J'' and vise versa so 
in bourgeois the ''g'' is suppose to be pronounced like ''gah'' but 
because of the ''E'' right after, we prononce it like your ''J'' ex 
John or Jean, ''OI'' is always prononce ''WA'' the ''S'' in the end 
is silent so ''BOURGEOIS'' is prononce ''BHOORZWA''. 

                                    I did the best I could, 
                                          wyllaya