John Gaughan wrote:
> Nancree wrote:
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>> That's it--how do you pronounce it, please. If it is French, it would be "cla-foo-tee", but
>> otherwise, just the way it looks??
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>
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=3Dclafoutis
I had to laugh when I read the orthographic notes.
cla=B7fou=B7ti or cla=B7fou=B7tis A baked dessert composed of a layer of fresh fruit topped with
a=20 thick batter. [French clafoutis, from Old French : claufir, to attach with nails=20 (from Latin
clv fgere : clv, ablative sing. of clvus, nail + fgere, to=20 fix) + foutis nominalized form of
foutre, to stuff. See footle.]
This verb "foutre" is also a slang word that on the streets is the=20
people talking about stuffing (from my school French) and I didn't get=20 it at first.
> The Intarweb has spoken...
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> Looks like you are correct.
And, to make matters more complex, as noted above, it's also spelled=20 clafouti. In which case
pronunciation is easier.
In the south of France, the pronunciation varied from place to place.=20 Near the Italian border, it
was pronounced cla-foo-teess.
Pastorio