How do you pronounce "fillet" ?

jcubero · Post by **jcubero** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:57 pm

Is it fill-ay like in "filet-o-fish" or fill-eht like in "I eht catfish 'till I was fill'd."

I've been thinking it's fill-eht.

Post by **jem** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:15 am

fillet.... fill-it

paddling4sharks · Post by **paddling4sharks** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 9:44 pm

Mornin';
I pronounce it "pain-in-da-arse!". Has to be even worse then sanding...

hairymick · Post by **hairymick** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 6:39 am

G'day,

Aussies pronounce it fill -et both in boat building and in cutting the sides of fish

Fillay sounds way too french and we generally don't like them very much

about the only place it is pronounced fill lay is in the Mcdonalds fast food places

Kayak Jack · Post by **Kayak Jack** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:14 am

Fillet: FILL-it n: an inside joint or seam. v: to make or construct an inside joint or seam

Fillet: fill-LAY n: center of a loin cut of beef, pork, venison, etc. The entire side meat from a fish, minus bones, and sometimes skinless. v; to slice out a fillet of meat from a fish or large, mammalian animal

Filly: FILL-lee n: female colt or young girl

File': FEE-lay n: Cajun seasoning made of sassafras leaves

jcubero · Post by **jcubero** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:03 am

hairymick wrote:G'day,

Aussies pronounce it fill -et both in boat building and in cutting the sides of fish

Fillay sounds way too french and we generally don't like them very much

That's the best reason I've heard yet.