"Tiger Lily" > wrote in message
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> On 11/5/2011 3:40 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> Why would *anyone* pronounce it that way? There is no "w" in it.
>> Doesn't
>> anyone take French any more?
>
> i've seen wah lah and heard wah lah used in day to day conversations
>
> similar to my saying mahvellous! to good news
>
> i do know how to spell marvellous and voila! but mahvellous gives the word
> an accent that i'm looking for
>
> wah lah!

I don't think I have ever heard it pronounced that way. Mahvelous was from
Billy Crystal, wasn't it? Some comedian.