Michael Pronay wrote:

> Mat <Ask@me> wrote:
>
>
>>>Can anybody tell me why sa_u_vignon (the first syllable
>>>pronounced "soh") is so frequently abbreviated to "sav"?
>
>
>>Well correct or not, here in Oz, and I suspect many other
>>places, the soh becomes sav. The nasally sounds of the French
>>language do not really have any equivalents in the English
>>language I think, especially the Australian variety of English.
>
>
> But "sau" is *not* a nasal - it's exactly like "so"! The "gnon" at
> the end is a nasal, but nobody cares about it, the Italians say
> "sovinyon" (like so-vee-NYON).
>
> M.


Yeah I guess. Its still a bit of a truncated "so" sound, which I can't
really think of an English equivalent. Plus it is spelt "s a", so I
guess it seems logical saying "sa".

I will make an effort to pronounce it correctly from now on.