Florian Haas2d ago

I have a question specifically for people from the British Isles. What do you think about the final "t" in the word "restaurant" being silent or audible?

A — must be silent; that's just the way it's pronounced correctly
B — silent is posh, audible is normal
C — silent is British, audible is non-British (North American, for example)
D — something else (please add comment to elaborate)

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A
12.2%
B
58.5%
C
12.2%
D
17.1%
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Show threadMatthew Booth1d ago
@xahteiwi I always pronounce the t. Inaudible sounds common to me, unless you're using the French pronunciation which is posh.
Show threadFlorian Haas1d ago
@mattb That posh pronunciation is so corrupted it doesn't even qualify as French, though. "Rest'raw" makes no sense in French as no French speaker (that I know of) would swallow the "au" and thus make it sound like a two-syllable word.
Show threadAndrew F.

@xahteiwi @mattb I think it's USian to make it two syllables.

I'd say, and expect most Brits to have, a small 'uh' in the middle.

Someone saying "rest-ront", like "restroom", does not sound British to me.

The difference between my British and my French is the "uh" becoming a French "au", a more nasal "ant" and dropping the "t".

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