this is HILLARIOUS! i cant stop reading all these posts, who knew that asking for a pronunciation whas going to be such a riot! as for me, even though we now know the acceptable pronunciations of mille fleur d'uccle, weve been calling them mil-FLERD-ickles anyway, its just too funny. and i love...
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What language to they speak in Belgium?
Thanks.
ok.................so i found out! and..ahem.......in belgium they speak dutch and FRENCH! and the birds are from the town of uccle........a french area, hence the french name! and the -d'- which means -of-....... so now i get to...
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Love it, love it, love it....substitute "there" with "yonder" and you got it!!
mill floo-r doo clay (sorry...I'm not good with phonetic spelling, but I think you get the drift).
ETA: if you have an incubator, "bantyrooster" on here has the most gorgeous flock, and actively sells...
you know......thanks for all the info......i had no idea so many people pronounced it differently! this is great..keep it comming. anyone ever had a weird moment when unsure of the pronunciation? i could just see myself asking about the milFLERDickles over the phone........and then silence or...
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were in wild wonderful west virginia, so that should add a nice spin to a beautifel french pronunciation, since we dont have a creek or a roof in our state, just criks and ruffs.
In the area of WV where I grew up, girls didn't wear panties. They wore painies...lol! DH gets a big kick...
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were in wild wonderful west virginia, so that should add a nice spin to a beautifel french pronunciation, since we dont have a creek or a roof in our state, just criks and ruffs.
can someone pronounce the name phonetically-i know im butchering it. i just discovered them and have really taken a shine to them, i think i may be ordering a batch soon, my husband thinks they are ugly, but i just love them. he has been jokeingly calling them-mil-FLERDikles. but how do you...