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Odessa Dawn

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Don't our British friends pronounce the sound s at the end of the word fracas, please?


fracas (ˈfrækɑː
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/ n. -cases a noisy fight, (syn.) commotion: Two men started a fracas in a barroom.
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fra·cas
noun \ˈfrā-kəs, ˈfra-, British ˈfra-ˌkä\ : a noisy argument or fight
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No, we don't. We pronounce it as it is pronounced in the original French. It sounds like "frack-ah" or "fra-cah".
 
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The two British dictionaries had already told you this.
 

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I had no idea! I admit, if I heard someone say "a frack-aw" I would be puzzled. Now I know!
 
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