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Foy-er or Foy-ay

posted 4 years ago by sslssg (28386)
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I say Foy - ay as the word is french and that is how it is pronounced. I know a lot of Americans say Foy - er, but my partner is from South Africa and he says Foy-er as well.

[–] Stratego (29318) 4 years ago

FWA-yay.

[–] sslssg (28386) 4 years ago

That is closer to how I say it too come to think about it.

[–] Stratego (29318) 4 years ago

I'm pretty sure it's the French way. It sounds French, at least.😬

[–] StoneKeeper (21666) 4 years ago

If your talking about the fireplace then yeah; in French we write it foyer and it’s pronounced fwayay

[–] Stratego (29318) 4 years ago

You have to forgive us, but the rest of the world only uses it to refer to the lobby. But the idea of lighting a cozy fire in the foyer sounds just lovely!😁

[–] AndyKing1967 (34325) 4 years ago

Foy-ay.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 4 years ago

Entrance hall

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[–] samoanjoes (51519) 4 years ago

Foy-ay. I don't know any Canadian who says it the other way.

[–] sslssg (28386) 4 years ago

My partner is Canadian, but he does talk funny. Lol.

To be fair though I have heard foy-er more and more in Alberta. Probably because the bertabllies want to separate themselves from the rest of Canada any way they can. Or maybe they just watch too much HGTV from the states.

[–] samoanjoes (51519) 4 years ago

It took me a second to figure out what you meant by "bertabillies".

[–] tcrum (29904) 4 years ago

I think you should ask your butler.. What a strange, difficult word by definition. There are poor people who wouldn't even know what that word means.

[–] tcrum (29904) 4 years ago

I'll also say, meet me in the Parlor and we'll have some tea and discuss it.

[–] johnmarti59 (2356) 4 years ago

I wouldn't say either way; I don't have one.

[–] rudeboymurray (3241) 4 years ago

I don’t think I’ve ever heard it pronounced any way other than ‘foy-ay’!