The Swiss chocolate Cailler -- is it kye-yay or kye-lay?
Posted by
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
8293 posts
The former.
Posted by
OP
Seattle
922 posts
Thanks, Norma. I thought so, but it's been a looong time since I took French.
Posted by
Redding, CA, USA
1568 posts
The l's are silent ...ier....yay.
Posted by
Chicago
2876 posts
Two L's after an i take the "Y" sound. Most of the time. Hence, kye-yay.
Posted by
Grand Falls-Windsor, NL, Canada
307 posts
Yippee Cailler....... so that's what the old West cowboys were singing about...Swiss chocolate... another of life's mysteries solved...
Posted by
Minneapolis, MN, USA
8700 posts
Yes, Glenn. Even cowboys know good chocolate when they taste it!
Posted by
Northern Rockies, British Columbia, Canada
543 posts
Okay, here's another one. How do you pronounce "Callebaut". Calle "bot" or Calle "beau"?
Posted by
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
8293 posts
The latter.
Posted by
Chicago
2876 posts
Callebaut Name of a famous Belgian-based chocolate family, descendant Bernard Callebaut emigrated to Canada where he established a high-end chocolate business. Callebaut can have two pronunciations - as one would expect in bilingual Belgium. Bernard himself says his last name the Flemish way - KULL-about. The French pronunciation is KULL-bow (bow as in bow-and-arrow). (stolen from the 'net)