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Odd question... I'm not sure if this goes here or the armory boards, but can anyone tell me how 'rapier' is pronounced? I just realized, after watching my fencing project on video, it sounded like I was talking about some sex offender or something. 
Thanks. "Computers in the future may have only 1, 000 vacuum tubes and perhaps only weigh 1 1/2 tons."
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[quote]Originally posted by Bebop and Rocksteady:
<strong>I'm not sure if this goes here or the armory boards, but can anyone tell me how 'rapier' is pronounced? I just realized, after watching my fencing project on video, it sounded like I was talking about some sex offender or something.
Thanks.</strong><hr></blockquote>
*sounds of HEAVY breathing* I think it's ray-pier. *more heavy breathing*
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We have a lot of words that have been Anglicized, like rapier, which is pronounced as Sam indicates. In French it'd probably be something like 'hrah-pyay'... Use the Shift key, people! Keyboard manufacturers everywhere are ineffably saddened when you ignore what they made just for you!
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yep, you hit it on the button. ... without remorse for the past, confident in the present, and full of hope for the future, [d'artagnan] went to bed and slept the sleep of the brave.
- The Three Musketeers
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Wow, what a coincidence! Today in English we were reading Romeo & Juliet, and I came across "rapier", wasn't sure how to pronounce it without sounding like a sex offender. I went with "ray-peer", seemed to work. Plus, i was the only one who knew what the heck it was....
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Just be glad you weren't discussing commodities and didn't have to be the first to discuss rape seed...  Use the Shift key, people! Keyboard manufacturers everywhere are ineffably saddened when you ignore what they made just for you!
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<a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com" target="_blank">www.merriam-webster.com</a> has audio files associated with most of their words. Methix
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