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May 22nd, 2006

thing that bug me

Is anyone else seriously annoyed that Rachel Ray pronounces liqueur “li-CYURE”? And not even in the nice, French-sounding way. I strongly believe that, unless you are French or speak French, you should not try to pronounce the syllables that do not exist in your version of American English. It’s like that movie French Kiss, when Meg Ryan spends twenty minutes trying to learn to pronounce the name “Luc.” If you can’t get it right, just Americanize it.

posted by k at 5:28 pm | off the beaten path |

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Actually, the Rachel Ray-ism I *HATE* is “sammy”. It’s a damned sandwich. Sandwich isn’t hard to say, we don’t need a “cutesy” way of saying it… God, I hate that.

posted by Dave!, May 23rd, 2006 at 10:19 am

Yeah, I don’t really like “EVOO” either; it’s obnoxious. Frankly, she’s generally obnoxious, way too cutesy, and her voice just gets under my skin. Still, sometimes there’s nothing else on TV. And her cocktails are usually good–she makes a frozen mojito that I have replicated many times with GREAT success.

posted by kristine, May 26th, 2006 at 11:15 am