Anonymous
Post 01/14/2020 10:24     Subject: How do you pronounce Pret a Manger?
Anonymous wrote:I just say Pret so I don’t embarrass myself.


Same
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2020 09:48     Subject: How do you pronounce Pret a Manger?
I just say Pret so I don’t embarrass myself.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2020 09:29     Subject: How do you pronounce Pret a Manger?

Approximation:

Prey (hard r sound)
Ta
Mangey (soft g sound)

- French person
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2020 09:28     Subject: How do you pronounce Pret a Manger?
Pret a Manger is exactly like McDonalds in London. One on every corner.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2020 09:28     Subject: Re:How do you pronounce Pret a Manger?
Anonymous wrote:The correct French pronunciation is Pret a man-jay, to rhyme with pret a porter - ready to eat as a pun on ready to wear. Pret in the UK is so much better than the Pret in the US. I had a sandwich recently in DC which I would describe as gross whereas a Pret lunch would be the highlight of a day in London. Also in the UK folks just say Pret, and many of the new stores are being branded as just Pret and not Pret a Manger.


Yes, but the J in Jay is pronounced more softly, like a z.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2020 09:26     Subject: How do you pronounce Pret a Manger?
Anonymous wrote:Honestly I find it confusing and pretentious. I go to McDonalds instead.


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Anonymous
Post 01/14/2020 09:25     Subject: Re:How do you pronounce Pret a Manger?
Go to google translate and type in prêt a manger. Then tap the speaker button. It's french.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2020 09:22     Subject: How do you pronounce Pret a Manger?
I thought it was pret ah mon jay.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2020 09:21     Subject: How do you pronounce Pret a Manger?
Anonymous wrote:I've always said pret ah mon zhay, but that's just me.


+1

But mostly I, and everything else, just says Pret. Easy to say and no one is confused.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2020 09:21     Subject: Re:How do you pronounce Pret a Manger?
The correct French pronunciation is Pret a man-jay, to rhyme with pret a porter - ready to eat as a pun on ready to wear. Pret in the UK is so much better than the Pret in the US. I had a sandwich recently in DC which I would describe as gross whereas a Pret lunch would be the highlight of a day in London. Also in the UK folks just say Pret, and many of the new stores are being branded as just Pret and not Pret a Manger.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2020 09:20     Subject: How do you pronounce Pret a Manger?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I've always said pret ah mon zhay, but that's just me.


+1

+2
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2020 09:19     Subject: How do you pronounce Pret a Manger?
Honestly I find it confusing and pretentious. I go to McDonalds instead.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2020 09:08     Subject: How do you pronounce Pret a Manger?
Anonymous wrote:I've always said pret ah mon zhay, but that's just me.


+1
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2020 09:07     Subject: How do you pronounce Pret a Manger?
I've always said pret ah mon zhay, but that's just me.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2020 09:05     Subject: How do you pronounce Pret a Manger?
I’ve heard Pret a mawn-ger, Pret a man-zhair, Pret a mange, which is it?

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