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▲ pants2 6 hours ago

And "valet" is supposed to rhyme with "ballot" not "ballet" but you'll still sound like an idiot if you say "take your car to the val-it"

▲gnabgib 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

What's your reference? Cambridge: /ˈvæl.eɪ/ https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/valet

(britannica[0], merriam-webster[1])

[0]: https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/eb/audio?word=va%2Alet...

[1]: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/valet

▲pants2 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Your Merriam Webster source has "val-it" as the first pronunciation (but I think in this case both are correct and valit is less common)

▲gnabgib 2 hours ago | parent [-]

It does.. and I've never heard anyone say it that way (and I appreciate that you chose the only dictionary that gave anything close to your argument).. but that's still nothing like "ballot".

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▲aksss 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Drink some clarit with the valit over a good filit.

▲Deebster 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Jeeves (the gentleman's personal gentleman) is a valet that would be pronounced VAL-et.