Quote Originally Posted by Owlie View Post
Versailles, pronounced Ver-sails. That grates on my ears every time I hear it.
Oh dear...for that gorgeous palace it MUST be French pronunciation to capture its glory. "Ver-sigh". Like the Bridge of Sighs in Venice. The English language to me is a less emotional sounding, less poetic sounding language in many of its words, compared to French, Italian or Spanish.

I said less "poetic", "emotional" in how English language sounds to the ear....before all the unilingual English speakers jump in.