Pique

[Guest]

Gentlemen,

Please help me settle a dispute.

Is pique pronounced "pee-kay", "peak" or something entirely different.

Your help is appreciated.

[Guest]

That would depend on which word you are using. Look here for the official defintions

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pique

But as far as your discussion, as you'll see, pique for fabric is pikay.

Cordovan[/url]

[Guest]

If you call it 'marcella' (which is much more specific, as pique with an acute accent over the final 'e' means several things) you avoid the issue.
NJS

[Guest]

If you call it 'marcella' (which is much more specific, as pique with an acute accent over the final 'e' means several things) you avoid the issue.
NJS

Srsly, is marcella pronounced mar-CHELL-a or mar-SELL-a?

RJ

[Guest]

"Sell". At least, in English. (Seriously, even my Italian-born tailor in Hartford, Connecticut, pronounces the word, "mar-SELL-la".)

[Guest]

"Sell". At least, in English. (Seriously, even my Italian-born tailor in Hartford, Connecticut, pronounces the word, "mar-SELL-la".)

RWS

[Guest]

Yes I am sure that it is 'sella'. On a similar subject,I had to titter when I heard the Brosnan 'Bond' pronounce maraschino 'marasheeno'. I fear for college!
NJS

[Guest]

Glancing at today's market, I'm pleased that no one interpreted my note as investment advice.

RWS

[Guest]

Thank you all for your replies.

I believe as Cordovan alluded, we were arguing two different things.

Marcella is much safer!

OP

[Guest]

RWS I am sure that selling is now not the thing to do with share investments - after all the certificates will make great fire lighters if your winter never ends!
NJS

[Guest]

Oh, sad! Today, though, is very, very windy as well as chilly. 'Puts one in mind of more than one child's verse about March -- so there's hope weatherwise. May there be some investmentwise, too!

[Guest]

Oh, sad! Today, though, is very, very windy as well as chilly. 'Puts one in mind of more than one child's verse about March -- so there's hope weatherwise. May there be some investmentwise, too!

I scarcely believe this: another "anonymous" posting I've forgotten to sign. I thought I'd arranged with the mechanisms of the website to assure an automatic "signature", but clearly I know even less than I thought about the Internet (and that was very little, indeed).

[Guest]

You know much more than I do. The weather in the west of England apparently is the same as yours at the moment but here this afternoon it is between 82-84'F, blue sky, sun, few nice wispy mares' tail clouds.......gentle music playing some peopl lounging in hammocks, more on the beach beneath coloured parasols.............
NJS

[Guest]

Goodness, NJS, I'm packing my bags!

No, wait: I'll need to buy a ticket (one-way, of course), close up the house, wind up the practice, put the library in storage (what?), file income-tax returns . . . .

[Guest]

Goodness, NJS, I'm packing my bags!

No, wait: I'll need to buy a ticket (one-way, of course), close up the house, wind up the practice, put the library in storage (what?), file income-tax returns . . . .

RWS