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Tank top.
Or if it has a zip, waistcoat.

gee-lay is how I pronounce it, no idea if I'm right or wrong, it sounds right to me & no one's corrected me on it so far

jee-lay

gillit init.

zhee-lay

[url= http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Fr-gilet.ogg ]eat some garlic then it comes out like this[/url]

It's "zhee-lay" with the emphasis on the "zhee". It's French ffs, it makes me cringe to hear people say "ghyll-it" or "jill-it". If you can't bring yourself to say a French word properly, then call it a "sleeveless windproof" or "waistcoat" or something. And please not "vest", it's a vile Americanism.

It's French ffs,

It's "zhee-lay" with the emphasis on the "zhee". It's French ffs,

http://translate.google.co.uk/?hl=en&tab=wT#auto|fr|gillet

jojoA1 - Member
It's French ffs,

Yeah it's zhee-lay, but the "lay" bit isn't quite right. I don't think there's an english sound/pronunciation which corresponds with that french sound/pronunciation. If you know how to say "lait" as in the french for milk, it's that - zhee-lait.

Mind you I struggle even pronouncing english words correctly as Her Majesty would, so I'm probably not exactly the best person to give an opinion.

Cool-I was right then. Workmates are Cornish 'tho so they struggle with English pronunciation, let alone French words! 😆

#goes to practise smug look in the mirror ready for tomorrow#

And how do you pronounce Gigot?

I wonder if he gets as angry when his wife ask for flowers.

It's French ffs, it makes me cringe to hear people say "ghyll-it" or "jill-it". If you can't bring yourself to say a French word properly

right. i'm assuming your cross lingual pronunciation is perfect.

bet you drink lartay.

druidh - Member

And how do you pronounce Gigot?

"Gigot" is a ballache as it's also slang franglais for "I go"

I learnt all my French [url=

I love that video. 😀

Funnily enough, for a song about 2 blokes who don't know any french, their pronounciation is not bad really. Jermaine even says 'Bonjour' with something that sounds (to my half eeengleesh half pyrenéen ears) like a Calais accent.

"bet you drink lartay"

Even when mispronouncing it, they don't say it like that up here in North East Scotland. People would stab you for being from out of town.

how do we say "gilet"?

Correctly.

D'accord, Capitain Coer-eclair! 😉

And please not "vest", it's a vile Americanism.

She is, yes. Born south of the border but likes to pretend otherwise.

(and that's not a vest in the photo, it's a simmit)

Jee 'ey.

"(and that's not a vest in the photo, it's a simmit) "
The king would beg to differ
(don't make us invade again, before you even leave !!)

The sleeveless garment worn by men beneath the coat was introduced by Charles II.

The King hath yesterday, in Council, declared his resolution of setting a fashion for clothes .... It will be a vest, I know not well how; but it is to teach the nobility thrift. [Pepys, "Diary," Oct. 8, 1666]

... don't ask me how I know all this stuff 😉

it's not though.

It's actually zjee-lay, with zjee pronounced like Zsa Zsa Gabor

That advert has to be the worst ever made. Could it be any cheesier?

jojoA1 - Member
"bet you drink lartay"

Even when mispronouncing it, they don't say it like that up here in North East Scotland. People would stab you for being from out of town.

But life in Buckie is another thread altogether. Have to go there on Tuesday night for work, I'll try not to do eye contact with the locals.

Must be time for this again?

I own one, but never wear it. It was an insane purchase many years ago. When I got home I remembered the only French I knew courtesy of one of our local lads being trussed up in the back of a van at a dock strike about 20 years ago and thrown out after 5hrs.

"Encule de Francais!!"

how do we say "gilet"?

It doesn't matter, it can't hear you

It's only problematic at dinner parties in the 'burbs should the polite conversation get around to cycling attire. The embarrassment from getting it wrong would probably mean a - self imposed - exile for a few months

Muddywoman says jilay ( its a horsey thing apparently!? ) so naturally I say gillet as it winds her up a treat !! 😀

It's spelt "gilet" but it's pronounced "throatwobbler-mangrove".

jojoA1 - Member

It's French ffs, it makes me cringe to hear people say "ghyll-it" or "jill-it". If you can't bring yourself to say a French word properly...

Gilets are sibboleths. Or are they shibboleths?

L I M P

Pronounced limp.

I've often wondered how shibboleth is pronounced
(either/both)

I've often wondered how shibboleth is pronounced

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[i]And please not "vest", it's a vile Americanism.[/i]

It's [url= http://www.deos.ltd.uk/acatalog/Body_Warmers.html ]b-o-d-y w-a-r-m-e-r.[/url]

Imbicylists.

Why do you ask brother?

Oh, and I pronounce Paris "Paree" with an authentic gurgle on the 'r', mainly because I'm an insufferable pseud... 😉

with an authentic gurgle on the 'r'

How do you gurgle your Rs ? Like Edith ?

How do you gurgle your Rs ?

Thank you scaredypants - I now know how to gurgle my arse, should the need arise.

Although I find that the post-dodgy curry bowl-splattering fizzy gravy does the job admirably.