Thread: The word liseuse being used outside of MobileRead?
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Old 06-18-2010, 06:20 PM   #101
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Originally Posted by captcrouton View Post
I don't like liseuse because it looks French. I don't know just how to pronounce it, but would choose lice-YOOS if I were reading it aloud. I hear "head lice" in that, and it already makes my head itch.
I'm not sure how to pronounce it either, but I'd assume it rhymes with 'masseuse'. Which doesn't invoke reading to me, either. It makes me wonder who is rubbing what.

But I'm just an ignorant American.
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