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Tim Challenger
 
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On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 10:54:18 GMT, Frogleg wrote:

> On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 19:22:33 +0200, Doris Winter > wrote:


>>please can you tell me how to pronounce the word 'recipe'?
>>Thank you very much,


> There was an old-fashioned American(?) use of 'receipt' (reh-CEET) as
> a substitute for 'recipe', sometimes even in spelling. It may be a
> sort of 'country' term, and I have heard older folks use this in
> speaking. However, 'recipe' is RESS-uh-pee.


Like German "Rezept" meaning "recipe" and "prescription". As recipe used to
in English at one time.

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Tim.

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