298474 Wed Sep 15 14:18:01 -0700 2004 12 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 1650558 I know a lot of these pronounciation questions crop up, but we're talking about this at work right now, and no one studied French. Can anyone help? Thanks-- AH Wed Sep 15 14:18:01 -0700 2004 0 Alexandra Halsey 1 1650564 "meel fwee" is pretty close, though the "fwee" doesn't have a true "w" sound, more off a side-of-the-mouth "uy" sound. Wed Sep 15 14:28:41 -0700 2004 1650558 0 lucia 2 1650568 it's \mEl-f[oe]y\ (somewhere between "meel foy" and "meel fwee") link to .wav files of french culinary terms below, including this one Link: http://library.sullivan.edu/CPI/culterms.htm Wed Sep 15 14:44:16 -0700 2004 1650564 0 212 3 1650598 Whoopee! I can't wait til I'm not at work to listen to these. Thank you, thank you. Wed Sep 15 16:44:09 -0700 2004 1650568 0 danna 2 1650577 Sort of between "Meel fwee" and "Meel foy". Oy. Wed Sep 15 14:59:01 -0700 2004 1650564 0 Dipsy 1 1650566 See link. Mille = thousand - look in "numbers" (les nombres)and point to 1,000 for a correct pronounciation sounded online. I don't know exactly about Feuille = sheet. But, figure the vowel sound is the same a in "bleu" and go from there with knowing the pronounciation of the lls in Mille. This is just and instant response. Could it be different in real France? Link: http://www.languageguide.org/francais/index.jsp Wed Sep 15 14:37:38 -0700 2004 1650558 0 kc girl 2 1650593 eu and eui not the same. Feille almost sounds like "fay" but with the lle. "fay-ye", almost. Wed Sep 15 16:07:26 -0700 2004 1650566 0 Frenchie 3 1650594 oh and the lle in mille and feuille are not the same... no "l" sound in feuille. Wed Sep 15 16:09:15 -0700 2004 1650593 0 Frenchie 2 1651070 I think "feuille" refer to sheets or pages...meaning the pastry looks like a book of a thousand pages? M Wed Oct 27 21:38:29 -0700 2004 1650566 0 Michael Yu 2 1651071 I always have thought it was "Mill-Fwee". Thu Oct 28 00:29:18 -0700 2004 1650566 0 twodales 1 1650578 You can pronounce it "meel foy" and be pretty darned close to the real French. Wed Sep 15 14:59:11 -0700 2004 1650558 0 Deenso 1 1650659 I always laugh at my in-laws because they pronounce it "mill flore". They also insist on ordering their pasta "al Dante". lol! Thu Sep 16 09:36:34 -0700 2004 1650558 0 Billh 2 1651069 My sister and I pronounce pasta differently....I pronounce it as pawsta and she as pahsta. Does anyone know it either is universally preffered?? Wed Oct 27 12:47:00 -0700 2004 1650659 0 Shar