How do you spell the word that sounds like....

[lokiju]

KU-Day-Gra or Ku-da-gra or Coo-de-graa?


I'm not even sure if that's the proper pronunciation of it either.



I'm trying to look up the meaning of the word and it's kind of hard to do when I can't even figure out the spelling!

I've heard it in the context of "Let's perform a ku-dey-gra" or something like that.

 

[Nohr]

coup de grâce

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: Nohr
coup de grâce

Thank you!

:beer:

 

[dabuddha]

hahahahaha
sorry I was sitting here tryin to figure out wtf are you talking about and then I saw Nohr's post and it all became clear LOL

 

[shortylickens]

What about jwa-da-veev?

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Nohr
coup de grâce

What a sissy sounding word.

 

[AbAbber2k]

I believe it's pronounced "coop dee grayce."

 

[SonnyDaze]

Originally posted by: shortylickens
What about jwa-da-veev?

Or....smak-da-beev? 😉

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: AbAbber2k
I believe it's pronounced "coop dee grayce."

😕

 

[loic2003]

Originally posted by: shortylickens
What about jwa-da-veev?

joie de vivre

 

[Vegitto]

Originally posted by: loic2003

Originally posted by: shortylickens
What about jwa-da-veev?

joie de vivre

I think he means 'déja vu'.. 😕

 

[SonnyDaze]

Originally posted by: AbAbber2k
I believe it's pronounced "coop dee grayce."

Hmmmm...I'm not an English major (I live in the South--WOOHOO) but I think it's pronounced "koo" and the p is silent. Kind of like coup d'etat....here's linky for thsoe like me that live down down yonder......
Coup de' Text

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: Vegitto

Originally posted by: loic2003

Originally posted by: shortylickens
What about jwa-da-veev?

joie de vivre

I think he means 'déja vu'.. 😕

Nope. I would have said Deja-Vu. Which is also how I normaly spell it since I hate figuring out how to do those stupid little umlout things.

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
Coup de' Text

Originally posted by: AbAbber2k
I believe it's pronounced "coop dee grayce."

Hmmmm...I'm not an English major (I live in the South--WOOHOO) but I think it's pronounced "koo" and the p is silent. Kind of like coup d'etat....here's linky for thsoe like me that live down down yonder......

It's "koo de grahss" (like grass, but with "ah" instead of "a") (that makes little sense...)

 

[Vegitto]

Originally posted by: shortylickens

Originally posted by: Vegitto

Originally posted by: loic2003

Originally posted by: shortylickens
What about jwa-da-veev?

joie de vivre

I think he means 'déja vu'.. 😕

Nope. I would have said Deja-Vu. Which is also how I normaly spell it since I hate figuring out how to do those stupid little umlout things.

Umlout's are ä, ö and ü.

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: Vegitto

Originally posted by: shortylickens

Originally posted by: Vegitto

Originally posted by: loic2003

Originally posted by: shortylickens
What about jwa-da-veev?

joie de vivre

I think he means 'déja vu'.. 😕

Nope. I would have said Deja-Vu. Which is also how I normaly spell it since I hate figuring out how to do those stupid little umlout things.

Umlout's are ä, ö and ü.

All right. Thats it.
I'm headin over to your house right now with a cucumber, some vasoline and my duct tape.

 

[BrokenVisage]

I thought it was french for "cut the grass"

 

[Whisper]

Originally posted by: Aflac

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
Coup de' Text

Originally posted by: AbAbber2k
I believe it's pronounced "coop dee grayce."

Hmmmm...I'm not an English major (I live in the South--WOOHOO) but I think it's pronounced "koo" and the p is silent. Kind of like coup d'etat....here's linky for thsoe like me that live down down yonder......

It's "koo de grahss" (like grass, but with "ah" instead of "a") (that makes little sense...)

Yeup, that's the correct way of pronouncing it, although lots of English speakers generally leave the final "s" sound off. Whatever floats your boat.