Herb - Now Aluminum

[Steve]

---  Janette <jnferr at ...> wrote:

> 
> 
> montims:
> while we're ranting...
> How on earth did "chaise longue" become "chaise 
> lounge" in America?  At first, I thought it was just
> a common seller's spelling error, ... It doesn't even
> make sense that way...

bboyminn:

Well, it is a 'chaise', from the French meaning Chair,
that you lounge in. Also known as a 'lounge chair'.

Also, note that 'longue' doesn't seem to be a word, at
least it's not in the two dictionaries I consulted.

**In addition, I just consulted my 4 inch thick Library
dictionary and Dictionary.com, neither lists 'longue' 
as a word. 

Silly as it may be, I think most Americans assumed
that 'longue' was a misspelling and that 'lounge' was
the only alternate word that made sense. Plus, when it
comes to grammer and such, we can be a little lazy.

I think most Americas, though it could just be me, 
say 'chase lougue' (chays lounj) rather than 'shaaz
long'. 

For what it's worth.

Steve/bboyminn