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Titangeek
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26 Mar 2012, 4:55 pm

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I always want to pronounce it "foy grass" even though I know it is probably something like "foy-e graah"


More like "Fwaugh grah"


I thought it was "flagh grah".


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26 Mar 2012, 4:58 pm

Titangeek wrote:
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I always want to pronounce it "foy grass" even though I know it is probably something like "foy-e graah"


More like "Fwaugh grah"


I thought it was "flagh grah".


Flagh? No, "foie" is pronounced "fwaugh/fwah", meaning "liver". "Foie gras" means "Fat liver" I suppose


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31 Mar 2013, 11:26 am

Never had it. But just want to try it once, to see if it really tastes as good as they say or what?