How do you pronounce Le Cellier?

[grinningghost]

I'm thinking about making a PS for this restaurant and don't want to sound like an idiot.

 

[BabyMo]

Le Cellier= Luh (like the lu- in lunch) Sell-ee-ay (ay- like ay in hay)

 

[grinningghost]

Thanks Baby Mo. I took high school Spanish, my French leaves something to be desired.

 

[MHopkins2]

Useless fact #407 --> "ll" in French = "yuh" in English. So it's sort of Luh Se(l)yeeay. Of course, you're half likely to get a CM who would respond to that with "Uh, where???" so feel free to call it "That Canada Cellar Place."

[Note to the humour impaired - I am not suggesting that CMs are stupid! It's a joke! ]

 

[mcnuss]

Um, not to get into a linguistic argument, but double L in French sounds like an L, just like in English, unless it is preceded by an "i" such as "bille" in which case it sounds like a "y" or a long E in English. The pronunciation is "sel-y-ay" as Baby Mo has already said.

Double L in Spanish is pronounced as the Y in yes.

 

[MHopkins2]

Well lookie there - I'm the one going "uh, what?" LOL!!! Oops! Thanks for the tip!

 

[lindamg]

My official pronunciation - "The restaurant in Canada, please"

 

[crazymomof4]

All these years I've been saying it correctly and I wasn't ever sure that I was!

 

[~Sparkly~Zoe]

I say (lay) cellier(sell-your) LOL

 

[hucifer]

Originally posted by lindamg
My official pronunciation - "The restaurant in Canada, please"

That made me giggle.

 

[erikthewise]

Well that's just great! I've been mispronouncing it to myself all this time. I'll never forgive myself! I may eat there this year though!

 

[bugbugmom]

Hey Grinningghost,

I know I sounded like an idiot when I made my ps for Le cellier. But, what the heck....I got my ps

 

[grinningghost]

Originally posted by bugbugmom
Hey Grinningghost,

I know I sounded like an idiot when I made my ps for Le cellier. But, what the heck....I got my ps

I just figured I'd start off sounding like an educated person, so when I spill my food all over myself, they'll think it was a rare, random occurrence.