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Smarty Jones
Citizen
Username: Birdstone
Post Number: 7
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, December 1, 2005 - 1:46 pm: |     |
I've heard this pronounced "Pree-Fee" and also "Prix-Fix" and "Pree-Fix".
Which is correct? |
Meandtheboys
Citizen
Username: Meandtheboys
Post Number: 2209
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, December 1, 2005 - 1:50 pm: | |
Boy Smarty, you sure are busy on MOL today.
My understanding is that it is pronounced "pree fix." |
Smarty Jones
Citizen
Username: Birdstone
Post Number: 8
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, December 1, 2005 - 1:52 pm: | |
it's mildly addictive :-) |
patmich
Citizen
Username: Patmich
Post Number: 31
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, December 1, 2005 - 1:53 pm: | |
It is "Pree-Fix". Check it out at http://www.thefreedictionary.com |
Meandtheboys
Citizen
Username: Meandtheboys
Post Number: 2210
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, December 1, 2005 - 1:56 pm: | |
Hate to break it to you Smarty, but, at least in my case, it is way more than MILDLY addictive!  |
Tom Kerns
Supporter
Username: Tom_kerns
Post Number: 263
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, December 1, 2005 - 3:46 pm: | |
Hey Dave/Jamie, it looks like you hooked another one.
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mjc
Citizen
Username: Mjc
Post Number: 948
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, December 1, 2005 - 4:25 pm: | |
what meand said, for sure
Welcome to town and MOL! |
Shawna
Citizen
Username: Lucies_mom
Post Number: 31
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, December 1, 2005 - 7:36 pm: | |
I always thought it was pronounced "Pree-Fee".
Meriam Websters online has it as 'prE-'fEks'
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prix%20fixe |
Hank Zona
Supporter
Username: Hankzona
Post Number: 4941
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, December 2, 2005 - 1:14 pm: | |
Im not fluent in French (just proficient in French menus and wine labels) but I thought a rule of thumb in French was that if a word ended in the consonant, the consonant was silent..if it ended in an "e", the consonant was sounded out. So I always thought the pronunciation was "pree feeks"...then again, alot of places seem to now pronounce it "tasting menu". |
eliz
Supporter
Username: Eliz
Post Number: 1249
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, December 2, 2005 - 2:07 pm: | |
It is Pree Fix (feeks will sound a little over the top unless you are going for the Inspector Clouseau accent). |
Hank Zona
Supporter
Username: Hankzona
Post Number: 4945
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, December 2, 2005 - 2:39 pm: | |
thank you for the clarification, eliz (and actually, I was going for that!) |
Pippi
Supporter
Username: Pippi
Post Number: 1465
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Friday, December 2, 2005 - 2:46 pm: | |
I always just like to say "Prixie Fixie"
it's more fun
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Hank Zona
Supporter
Username: Hankzona
Post Number: 4949
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, December 2, 2005 - 4:04 pm: | |
remember, where youre from, its "freakin' Prixie Fixie, whateva"  |
Pippi
Supporter
Username: Pippi
Post Number: 1467
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Friday, December 2, 2005 - 4:08 pm: | |
with a little hand toss and hair flip emphasis on the WHATEVA |
Innisowen
Citizen
Username: Innisowen
Post Number: 1079
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, December 3, 2005 - 10:07 pm: | |
6 good years in France and Belgium.
Prix is easy to pronounce: "pree." Fixe is "feeks."
So, pree feeks. Fixed price. Prix fixe. Entendu? |
Robert Little
Citizen
Username: Boblittle
Post Number: 255
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, December 4, 2005 - 10:06 am: | |
Where I eat when you ask for the prix fix they tell you its 973. |
Innisowen
Citizen
Username: Innisowen
Post Number: 1081
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, December 4, 2005 - 10:54 am: | |
I'm surprised that they didn't tell that the prix fixe should be either Mr., Mrs., or Ms. |
Nohero
Supporter
Username: Nohero
Post Number: 4861
Registered: 10-1999
| | Posted on Sunday, December 4, 2005 - 2:20 pm: | |
Although it's spelled "prix fixe", it's actually pronounced "throat warbler mangrove". |
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