>> Yes, but would an Englishman know?
> 
> No and it is considered pretentious to pronounce French words, that are used in
> English, as they are pronounced in France. For instance Paris is not "Paree",
> filet is fill-et etc.

One thing I discovered while in Switzerland: You have to say French 
words with an actual French accent, or people don't know WTF you're saying.

Yeah, I know, it sounds obvious. But the number of English people who 
think it's "bon-jor" when in fact what I heard the people there utterly 
sounded nothing like that...

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