Lil Jon
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Lawrenceville, GA |  How do you pronounce "connoisseur"
Kon-uh-shway
Kon-uh-shwaugh
Kon-uh-sure
Kon-uh-sore
Kon-uh-sewer
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I'm really confused because I know it's a French word and sometimes their "Rs" are silent. |
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pike
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October 7th, @12:41AM
| Answers.com gives pronunciations.. (click on the speaker icon)
»www.answers.com/connoisseur
-Mike |
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pog
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pike  gave you what you need...
The typical American pronunciation anglicizes the "oi" into "uh" instead of more of a "wah" (as in "moi").
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SipSizzurp
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Conna-Sewer. Why tha hell do you aks ? You gotta tell us now.
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Hayward
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Key West, FL | reply to Lil Jon
Kon-uh-sewer
Is close.... dictionaries do have pronunciations.
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koma3504
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North Richland Hills, TX | reply to Lil Jon
DO tell what are you a connoisseur of??? |
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Lil Jon
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| said by koma3504 :DO tell what are you a connoisseur of??? of ladies. 
I used the word in a convo last night, and the girl kind of chuckled, I was wondering if it was because she didn't think I'm a ladies man, or if I pronounced it wrong or something.
I'm guessing both because I pronounced "Kon-Uh-Shway"  |
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koma3504
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| Oh i see But I am more than just a connoisseur of ladies 
My interperpation of connoisseur is like occasional use.
But i get what you was doing. |
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sapo
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Apparently she thinks your full of it. |
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jayco437
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said by Lil Jon :[I'm guessing both because I pronounced "Kon-Uh-Shway" The pronunciation alone is worth a chuckle. Good show however. |
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Cheese
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said by Lil Jon :said by koma3504 :DO tell what are you a connoisseur of??? of ladies. I used the word in a convo last night, and the girl kind of chuckled, I was wondering if it was because she didn't think I'm a ladies man, or if I pronounced it wrong or something. I'm guessing both because I pronounced "Kon-Uh-Shway" roofles! |
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JoeBubba
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Farmingdale, NY | reply to Lil Jon
Connie-Sewer? |
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Tuxified
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This example of usage from the Devil's Dictionary struck me as hilarious:
quote:
connoisseur
n.
A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else.
An old wine-bibber having been smashed in a railway collision, some wine was pouted on his lips to revive him. "Pauillac, 1873," he murmured and died.
LMAO |
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DavisPhotog
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October 7th, @05:00PM
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[ka.nə.sœr]
That last vowel might actually be a dipththong, depending on how you pronounce it. |
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Mchart
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Gurnee, IL | reply to Lil Jon
Kon-uh-sewer is definatly the correct way to say it. |
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Warzau
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How about kon-noys-see-eerr |
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cconlow
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Google is your ami...
»dictionary.reference.com/browse/···sseur%20
...site includes several (apparently) American voices pronouncing this noun. |
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TSI Gabe
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Chatham, ON | I'm french and I can definitely tell you there is no "sewer" in it. |
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Johkal
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This one is close: Kon-uh-sore
Add another "n": con-nuh-sore |
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TSI Gabe
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I guess the closest way I can think of for an english speaking person would be
kon-nuwah-seur
the R needs to be pronounced.
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