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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In English: pree fix

In French: pree feex

I sometimes say price fix because when you say pree fix people look at you like you have two heads if they're not familiar with the term.[/quote]

This. Go ahead and say pree feex when you're in France, but in the U.S. you just sound pretentious.[/quote]

It's pretentious to use correct pronunciation for a foreign language expression that is commonly used in the U.S ? Please. Stop glorifying ignorance. [/quote]

[b]Yes, it is. It is pretentious because most of the time, the waitperson, even at a high-end restaurant, is going to say pree fix rather than pree feex, and by pronouncing it back to the pree feex, you're basically just calling them out on their pronunciation in a way that's fantastically rude. If you are actually French and pronounce everything with a French accent, that's fine, but generic American, rude.[/b]

But you do you.[/quote]

No waiter at a fancy restaurant is going to mispronounce this.[/quote]

Waiters in fancy restaurants don't generally discuss price because they assume their clientele is literate and can afford whatever the cost is. If they were to mention a prix fixe option, they would pronounce it correctly. Do you expect them to say Bordeex for Bordeaux and tart tattin for tarte tatin too? [/quote]

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