let's get liseuse recognized as a real word

[Who are you?]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

so all the ladies will now start reading their liseuses whilst wearing liseuses ....

It seems the evening is prime time for liseuses. The liseuse will have time for reading their liseuse when work and chores have been done, and as it gets dark and cools several other liseuses provide warmth, light and a place to sit at.

[derrell]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

And what is wrong with ereader (as short from electronic reader)?

Nothing wrong with it at all. Even though I never use it here I still like e-folio as it implies an electronic way to carry documents. Most likely I will continue to use ereader or reader I just don't get any implied meaning from liseuse and I know people around me would certainly not understand what I was saying.

The one time I enjoyed not understanding french when it was spoken was when I was dating a young woman from Ecuador. I always knew what mood she was in when that happened.

[vivaldirules]

I'm all for it - so long as there will be on the Wiki page one of those cool pronunciunanators so we can learn how to pronunciananate liseuseuseuse.

[Sparrow]

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

I'm all for it - so long as there will be on the Wiki page one of those cool pronunciunanators so we can learn how to pronunciananate liseuseuseuse.

Yep, I too am worried that people won't know how to pronounce it - I read is as 'liz - use' is that right?

I'm reluctant to abandon my beloved 'ereader' as the word of choice - people in the UK know what I'm talking about when I say that, I'd have to explain what a liseuse is.

Also, the Wikipedia page says:
"been adopted in english as well by members of MobileRead Forums, an online community dedicated to ebooks and ebook readers."
Shouldn't that read:
"...dedicated to ebooks and liseuses." ??

[Juliette]

My dictionary lists liseuse in IPA as lizøz (eu being read like German ö and z being in the middle of a s and the z of zest).

(on the other hand, here we could have all too many people mauling the eu... and reading it like a closed e *shudders* then again they'd maul the read part of reader anyway...)

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by derrell

Nothing wrong with it at all. Even though I never use it here I still like e-folio as it implies an electronic way to carry documents. Most likely I will continue to use ereader or reader I just don't get any implied meaning from liseuse and I know people around me would certainly not understand what I was saying.

ah, "e-folio" ! actually i like that one as well. you can see in this thread (which is where "liseuse" was first mentioned here, by the way...) that in post 27 i proposed that as well, but somehow it never took off...

The one time I enjoyed not understanding french when it was spoken was when I was dating a young woman from Ecuador. I always knew what mood she was in when that happened.

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

I'm all for it - so long as there will be on the Wiki page one of those cool pronunciunanators so we can learn how to pronunciananate liseuseuseuse.

spéciale dédicace vivaldirules : http://www.mediadico.com/dictionnair.../LISEUSE/parle

Originally Posted by Juliette

My dictionary lists liseuse in IPA as lizøz (eu being read like German ö and z being in the middle of a s and the z of zest).

yep, that's right. for those not sure how to pronounce the german ö, it's like the vowel sound in the english words "her", "fur", etc.

(on the other hand, here we could have all too many people mauling the eu... and reading it like a closed e *shudders* then again they'd maul the read part of reader anyway...)

oh i know. you should hear the way french people pronounce adobe's pdf-reading app : "adobe raïdeur".

[Greg Anos]

Well, I'm doing my part....Queen Z. Does not France have a language board? Maybe the word can get submitted to them....

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by Juliette

My dictionary lists liseuse in IPA as lizøz (eu being read like German ö and z being in the middle of a s and the z of zest).

(on the other hand, here we could have all too many people mauling the eu... and reading it like a closed e *shudders* then again they'd maul the read part of reader anyway...)

I've no idea what a closed e is.... That's a problem with phonetics. I never know how to read (or rather speak) it...

And ereader I know how to pronounce and write. And it sounds like a real world, while liseuse sounds made up.

[Slite]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

ah, "e-folio" ! actually i like that one as well. you can see in this thread (which is where "liseuse" was first mentioned here, by the way...) that in post 27 i proposed that as well, but somehow it never took off...





spéciale dédicace vivaldirules : http://www.mediadico.com/dictionnair.../LISEUSE/parle


yep, that's right. for those not sure how to pronounce the german ö, it's like the vowel sound in the english words "her", "fur", etc.


oh i know. you should hear the way french people pronounce adobe's pdf-reading app : "adobe raïdeur".

Oh god... why did I get an image of Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouesseu right then and there

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

And ereader I know how to pronounce and write. And it sounds like a real world, while liseuse sounds made up.

ironic, since in fact the inverse is true...

Originally Posted by Slite

Oh god... why did I get an image of Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouesseu right then and there

anything reminding you of Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau can only be A Good Thing.

[Slite]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

ironic, since in fact the inverse is true...


anything reminding you of Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau can only be A Good Thing.

Of course it does.... And now I got an image of the French Taunter from Holy Grail as well...

[GeoffC]

i "just" call 'it' a book ....

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Slite

Of course it does.... And now I got an image of the French Taunter from Holy Grail as well...

"call it "liseuse", or i shall taunt you a second time !!"

[Slite]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

i "just" call 'it' a book ....

Spoilsport!

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

ironic, since in fact the inverse is true...

What, lisuese sounds like a real word and ereader sounds made up?

I meant made up like: just punching a few keys on the keyboard kind of made up...

Originally Posted by GeoffC

i "just" call 'it' a book ....

That too. In a normal conversation, I always say I'm reading such and such book. Only when they ask if they can borrow the book (or any reference to a physical presence of the book) do I mention I read electronically.