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  1. 02-17-2019, 10:01 AM #1
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    Meplat?

    What is the correct pronunciation of "meplat"? Is it a French word?
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  2. 02-17-2019, 10:44 AM #2
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    Don't know the origin but I've always pronounced it: me plat./beagle
    diplomacy is being able to say, "nice doggie" until you find a big rock.....
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  3. 02-17-2019, 11:45 AM #3
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    It is pronounced. "Me play"
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  4. 02-17-2019, 12:36 PM #4
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    The same way you pronounce "sabot",,,,,,,

    More "This is what happened when I,,,,," and less "What would happen if I,,,,"

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    I was thought that in French you only pronounce the last letter if it is C R F or L.
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    Owe my. I need to look ot up in a dictionary now. I have been pronouncing it meh-plate.

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  7. 02-17-2019, 02:26 PM #7
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    I just listened to two different pronunciations online. The first was given as the correct English pronunciation, and was "meh-plat." https://www.howtopronounce.com/meplat/

    The second was the French pronunciation, by two native French speakers both of who pronounced it "me-plah." https://forvo.com/word/m%C3%A9plat/
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  8. 02-17-2019, 02:33 PM #8
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    Guess I'll have to give up casting. I don't pronounce French correctly.
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  9. 02-17-2019, 05:59 PM #9
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    I’m an Okie and have difficulty pronouncing English let alone French.
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    Down here in red neck country we just call it flat nose.
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    Mee-plat works for fortunecookie, works for me
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  12. 02-17-2019, 07:14 PM #12
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    He don't look French to me.

    Don't worry, we'uns no wat ur talkn' bout.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JMax View Post
    I’m an Okie and have difficulty pronouncing English let alone French.
    I'm an Okie, and I don't speak English at all.

    I speak 'Murican.....with an Okie accent.
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    I don't think I've ever heard it pronounced... I've read it in print a gazillion times....
    When I see it written my little brain says "me plate".

    Being Cajun French the word seemed familiar ....I did some looking around....
    low and behold Meplat is from the French word "Me'plat" which means ... " Flat " !
    So it looks like the word is from the French word for flat , just leave out the french comma up high (me'plat) (meplat) and you got the way we spell it .

    I have no idea about proper pronunciation ... Cajuns talk funny..like
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    It’s pronounced “flat spot”
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    Oh boy! How about Kynoch. I've probably butchered that one as much as meplat.
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    Me too. Didn't know what a meplat was until I started casting. Were flat noses to me./beagle

    Quote Originally Posted by Hossfly View Post
    Down here in red neck country we just call it flat nose.
    diplomacy is being able to say, "nice doggie" until you find a big rock.....
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  18. 02-17-2019, 10:33 PM #18
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    Quote Originally Posted by TNsailorman View Post
    Guess I'll have to give up casting. I don't pronounce French correctly.
    just hold your nose. Apologies, that passes for wit in my feeble mind. And in my own defense, I have ancestors of French derivation through Canada to Missouri then to Tennessee and Kentucky.
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  19. 02-18-2019, 08:49 AM #19
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    Meh plat is how I say it. Kennock is how I've always pronounced Kynoch. I have no idea on either. Flat Point seems like an oxymoron......

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  20. 02-19-2019, 01:54 AM #20
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    Meh plat sounds much more righter er to me.
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