Did you hear about the DSP engineer who remodeled the entryway in her house overnight?

It was a fast foyer transform.

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Winner, Mark!
Thanks for the laugh.

[QUOTE=Mark Rose;551101]It was a fast foyer transform.[/QUOTE]
Haha, the best one this month! Thanks for sharing it! :tu:

(we also learned the word "foyer" here, which was not part of our known vocal-bulary :razz:)

[QUOTE=Mark Rose;551101]Did you hear about the DSP engineer who remodeled the entryway in her house overnight?

It was a fast foyer transform.[/QUOTE]:tu:

That were very good!

[QUOTE=LaurV;551149]Haha, the best one this month! Thanks for sharing it! :tu:[/QUOTE]
I dunno, a little too convoluted for my taste. :)

[QUOTE](we also learned the word "foyer" here, which was not part of our known vocal-bulary :razz:)[/QUOTE]
It's never too late in life for French lessons. In English-speaking countries, whether one pronounces it "...err" or Francophone "...eyy" is a pretty reliable pretentiousness marker: "Oh dear, my auhhhnt appears to have left her vahhhse in the foyeyy ... whatever is to be done? [wrings hands theatrically]".

(Somehow imagining the sound of that last bit while typing it, an image of the late Jonathan Harris, who played Dr. Smith on the 60s Irwin-allen shlock-classic [i]Lost In Space[/i], popped into my head as the type of person you'd want illustrating the aforementioned pretentious pronunciation. "Danger,Will Robinson! Extreme pretentiousness detected approaching!!" Or for a female-voiced version, the late Natalie Shafer, who played Mrs. Thurston C. Howell III on [i]Gilligan's Island[/i].)

[QUOTE=mart_r;539447]I'd recommend visiting France. [/QUOTE]

Meh... she has only one Brest.

[QUOTE=lycorn;551409]Meh... she has only one Brest.[/QUOTE]And a rather large Gap down south.

[QUOTE=ewmayer;551224]It's never too late in life for French lessons. In English-speaking countries, whether one pronounces it "...err" or Francophone "...eyy" is a pretty reliable pretentiousness marker: "Oh dear, my auhhhnt appears to have left her vahhhse in the foyeyy ... whatever is to be done? [wrings hands theatrically]".)[/QUOTE]That observation might be applicable in American-speaking countries. I would need to take American lessons to find out. However, in English-speaking countries the word appears to be universally pronounced in the French manner and pretentiousness has nothing to do with it.

[QUOTE=xilman;551413]However, in English-speaking countries the word appears to be universally pronounced in the French manner and pretentiousness has nothing to do with it.[/QUOTE]

Suuuuure, in UKistan pretentiousness has nothing to do with it ... not like the Brits are at all vain about "theahh cul-chahh" or anything. ;)

Returning to the subject of Frahhhnce, its fine and ancient capital has alas been overrun by parisites.

[QUOTE=ewmayer;551478]...its fine...[/QUOTE]

...and fortunately finite. :wink: