Devon
i think i 'd use both ...firt say it the *learned* way then the way
everybody in the audience can understand ... and use a little witty phrase
to get people to smile to that *translation*
Point de neige is indeed french and means snow point by the way
dominique from Paris ..
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If I'm speaking
English, and there is an English translation for the French term, I use
the English translation.
Sitting here reading the thread on this, I'm thinking, as an English
English person, I would say Point de Neige
I am doing a slide show about lace for lacmakers, some of whom may collect,
but most of whom are lacemakers. I am planning to mention in passing that a
piece is Gros Point, or Point de Angleterre or Rose point or Point de Neige. In
one case, I am actually saying Rose Point (rather than Point
Does one approach this issue as though everyone in the audience is
sophisticated enough to know the pronunciation rules of every language
or does one
pronounce things the way they would be pronounced in the language that
you are
speaking in?
Hi Devon:
My 2 cents:
This problem makes you tread
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Since I mostly read lace names and rarely discuss them, I tend to say
Point as we say it in English. I realize that it is pronounced Pwont
in French. How should I pronounce it for the slide show.
Devon,
I definitely see the problem. Here's the way I do it: If I'm
Dear Devon I love your quandary. Shrug off all the nailbiters and the
obsessives, and all the experts too (!) and listen to Aurelia who has
actually stood up on museum stages and spoken as follows:
Rose Point: Rohz Poynt
Point d'Angleterre: Poynt dahng-let-terr (yes, Poynt, that's
