"DaleW" > wrote in news:1105974750.908326.294700
@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:

> Hey, you native or fluent French speakers. I was struggling with this
> while writing up notes. If one doesn't say "Chateau", do you drop the
> D? Grammatically that seems correct, yet I've never heard anyone refer
> to Issan.
>

Unless yo' is dissin' you "should" say Issan. (but they don't actually
rhyme) of course try to tell that to the hundreds of thousands who flock to
the Museum lovingly called "The d'Orsay"