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Old Sep 18th, 2008 | 06:13 AM
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That's what I meant when I said "pay".
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Old Sep 18th, 2008 | 06:22 AM
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We stayed in a very small village in the Dordogne Valley called Daglan. Maybe 500 souls call it home. From what I observed, about half of them pronounced the "g" and about half of them didn't.

Don't expect a great deal of pronunciation uniformity in France.
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Old Sep 18th, 2008 | 06:35 AM
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> That's what I meant when I said "pay".

I thought it was close but not exactly. Pay(pei)is with 2 vowels in't it? "Paix" is like Peh, with 1 vowel, to me. Peilz is pronounced just Peh.
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Old Sep 18th, 2008 | 09:20 AM
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I see "peh" as the French "pet" (fart).
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Old Sep 18th, 2008 | 09:50 AM
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Kerouac, thanks for the chuckle just now !

I infered the subtleties of your remark whether they were intended or not...
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