"I'm actually French and I was looking for the exact way Americans spell this word… And I still don't know after reading all this. But I can tell you how to pronounce it:
it's not Ray-Zoom-May it's more like Ray-zuum-may"
Benoit - I've noticed that Americans don't really make that sound in their speech. Witness "puma" and "dune" which they tend to pronounce "pooma" and "doone" rather than "pewma" and "dew-ne."
full disclosure: English trap/bath split adherent living in US for 10 years.
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"I'm actually French and I was looking for the exact way Americans spell this word… And I still don't know after reading all this. But I can tell you how to pronounce it:
it's not Ray-Zoom-May
it's more like Ray-zuum-may"
Benoit - I've noticed that Americans don't really make that sound in their speech. Witness "puma" and "dune" which they tend to pronounce "pooma" and "doone" rather than "pewma" and "dew-ne."
full disclosure: English trap/bath split adherent living in US for 10 years.