Date:    Fri, 20 Mar 1998 14:57:45 -0500
<br>From:    Larry Horn  laurence.horn[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALE.EDU 
<br>Subject: Re: standardization of non-standard forms
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<br>At 11:54 AM +0000 3/20/98, Peter McGraw wrote:
<br>...
<br> And I wanted to clarify one of the other items before but got
<br> distracted: To those who have heard "chaise lounge," do you really mean
<br> "chaise" (shez)?  I've always understood it was either kept as in
<br> French (more or less) or completely Anglicized to "chase lounge"--but
<br> it's been a long time since I've heard the term used at all, so I
<br> wouldn't swear to this.
<br> 
<br> Peter
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<br>What I've usually heard is something in between the two, pronounced
<br>basically as Shay's (as in the rebellion); not completely Anglicized to
<br>"chase", but not French-style to rhyme with 'says' either.
<br>
<br>Larry
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