Pronunciation (was Puddings)

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Mrs. Lee Storm" <n2fgc at ...> wrote:

 
> What cracks me up is the way one of my British friends pronounced Filet.  He
> called it a "Fil-let."  And a fish needed to be "fil-letted."

Geoff:
that is the correct version of filletted - ie removing the bones. I agree that 
we do pronounce filet steak the same way (even I do!!) but we shouldn't....

Lee:
> And isn't there a place in Pennsylvania called Du Bois?  It's pronounced "Du
> Boyce" rather than "Du Bwa."

Geoff:
There was a station on the London Underground near to  Epping Forest called 
Theydon Bois; everyone calls it Theydon Boyce - like your example. (It's an 
unvoiced 'th' BTW).