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Or you could opt for "wine dots" or "barrel rocks"?
...........Wine dots......I DO love 'em and so many choices.......................
Dread Pirate, ease up, come on down and don't be so prickly. It's just a matter of speach. I think we all know what we're talking about and as Opa...
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That's so interesting.............the translator that I was using gave a different pronunciation, of course it gave different pronunciations depending on the language it was being spoken in. I think if you put it in the "French" translator, it would give you one way, then if you put it...
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Hahahaha....and we have Domineckers, too, don't we....I am crackin' up!
Yeah, I've heard the Domineckers thing too and I'm in Ohio. Go figure I'll never forget the time I got corrected on that one.
Whew! How embarrassing
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I was referring to pronunciation, not spelling. You might have noticed that I do spell it with an "S" on the end, with the exception of when I spelled it phonetically.
This is a thread about pronunciation, right? Not spelling?
I'm sorry if it went over your head.
Yup, missed it...
You're gonna love this............are you ready............French, German, Dutch (Flemish) and various other minor languages one of which is Yiddish. I told it was hysterical.
As I recall, the way I heard it is, years ago the city of Uccle was was founded, but it was actually more of a German...
This is hysterical, they were developed in Belgium.
The Feather Site http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGK/Millies/BRKMilleFleur.html has some very interesting information, pictures of good birds, and links to some European clubs that can help you out and give you some leads on pronunciation.
You ARE mistaken about Marans, it IS Marans and not Maran. I mean if all of the club members, breeders, and MCC the national club ALL say that it is MARANS because they come from Marans, France,
what makes you think it is Maran?
Actually, I think the way your husband is saying it is hysterical, I love it; however it is actually pronounced millie - just like it looks, then fleur is pretty much like it looks - flur. That's usually never the part that folks are asking about anyway, it's the d'uccle part that throws 'em...