As for the final denouement of her life, only time will tell.
--Miss M
We may have to wait several weeks for the denouement of the current budget drama.
--A. Leland
While the outcome of the current government "crisis" is utterly predictable-- Republican capitulation-- the denouement of the real American crisis remains beyond rational prediction.
--Mr. Big Food
In the Western film, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, denouement comes with the words, "You didn't shoot Liberty Valance, Pilgrim, I did."
--Marica
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Say what?
Those acquainted with the language of France will have no trouble pronouncing today's word. However, if you happen to be-- as we-- knuckle draggin' Country Mice livin' in flyover land, please refer to the reference of your choice to hear denouement spoken.
I started French 3 times. I did not succeed in becoming even minutely successful. German was a piece of cake for me. Even Greek wasn't a big problem, though with only one year, becoming conversant wasn't really an option.
ReplyDeleteAs far as I'm concerned, French is the root problem with a vast majority of our spelling misadventures. If it's hard to spell - or frequently misspelled - it's probably a word derived from French.
Why do they have all those letters that they don't use? it's a waste of perfectly good letters! Even worse are the rules that ... well...sometimes we pronounce an end consonant, and other times we don't..just to confuse you, imo!
French. Bah humbug!