Guilloche
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It seems the word “guilloche” has almost as many permutations as the thing it describes, the ‘e’ being sometimes accented and sometimes not, and the pronunciation varying accordingly although not necessarily in correspondence with the spelling. The Shorter OED gives no accent and an “—oche” that sounds like “galosh.”
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Posted to General Rants • 2004.08.08 (Sun) • 11:13
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Posted by Kristen 2004.08.09, 09:45
Everything in my world relates to food in some way or another, so I think guilloche ought to rhyme with brioche.
Posted by alis 2004.08.10, 22:10
I had to go and look "guilloche" up on bartleby.com because I felt ignorant not knowing what one was. Now I have learned a new word! Thnak you.
Posted by matthew 2004.08.11, 10:51
you say po-tay-to, i say po-tah-to.
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