On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 01:18:26 -0700, LordAvalon
<monsieurdavallon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On 2 août, 12:10, curiosity wrote:
>> On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:22:02 -0700, LordAvalon
>>
>> <monsieurdaval...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >there is an old song "A la mi-août..." mee-ah-ooh = meaow
>>
>> >A more recent one
>> >"Oui mais elle s'en fout (foo)
>> >Au mois d'août (doo)
>> >Elle met les bouts (boo)"
>>
>> >generally in /le mois d'août/ you do not pronounce the ending t so /le
>> >mois d'août/ sounds like /le mois doux/
>>
>> that's useful to know.
>>
>> Is the 't' ever sounded? In my dictionary, both versions (with or
>> without 't') are offered. There's no a-oot (or a-oo).
>
>the /t/ is often eluded in casual talk. Actually you can always say
>(oot) it will be fine. In a formal speech or in a do***entary film
>comment, the pronunciation would clearly be (oot)
>
>I feel that it also depends on the surrounding words:
>I someone ask me when i leave for vacation I would say:
>- En août (oot)
>maybe because /en (oo)/ sounds like /En nous/
>But it is highly subjective. Pronouncing the t is never a mistake
>though.
>
>
noted, thanks for the detail.
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